Visco-Hyperelastic Characterization of the Equine Immature Zona Pellucida
| Autor: | Elisabetta Toma, Luciano Lamberti, Bartolomeo Trentadue, Massimiliano Papi, Catalin I. Pruncu, Marco De Spirito, Elisa Ficarella, Lorenzo Santoro, Mohammad Minooei |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Materials science
visco-hyperelasticity Constitutive equation 02 engineering and technology lcsh:Technology TS Article 03 medical and health sciences medicine General Materials Science Soft matter Composite material lcsh:Microscopy Zona pellucida lcsh:QC120-168.85 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences atomic force microscopy lcsh:QH201-278.5 nanoscale mechanical characterization lcsh:T Nanoindentation 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Characterization (materials science) Equine zona pellucida Nonlinear system medicine.anatomical_structure inverse analysis lcsh:TA1-2040 Hyperelastic material lcsh:Descriptive and experimental mechanics lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) 0210 nano-technology Material properties lcsh:TK1-9971 |
| Zdroj: | Materials; Volume 14; Issue 5; Pages: 1223 Materials Materials, Vol 14, Iss 1223, p 1223 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1996-1944 |
| Popis: | This article presents a very detailed study on the mechanical characterization of a highly nonlinear material, the immature equine zona pellucida (ZP) membrane. The ZP is modeled as a visco-hyperelastic soft matter. The Arruda–Boyce constitutive equation and the two-term Prony series are identified as the most suitable models for describing the hyperelastic and viscous components, respectively, of the ZP’s mechanical response. Material properties are identified via inverse analysis based on nonlinear optimization which fits nanoindentation curves recorded at different rates. The suitability of the proposed approach is fully demonstrated by the very good agreement between AFM data and numerically reconstructed force–indentation curves. A critical comparison of mechanical behavior of two immature ZP membranes (i.e., equine and porcine ZPs) is also carried out considering the information on the structure of these materials available from electron microscopy investigations documented in the literature. |
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