Tissue biomechanics

Our research focuses on the mechanical behaviour of biological tissues and organs, with a particular emphasis on mineralised material architectures. These materials include mineral-reinforced biopolymers, bioceramics, bioglasses, and their composites. To investigate the properties of these materials, we use a combination of innovative experiments, numerical methods, and mathematical models ranging from the molecular to the macroscopic length scale.

The digital representation of material architectures and their properties, as well as the associated algorithms for data processing and interpretation, are essential tools for gaining insight into the relationship between function and material architecture. The most important properties of mineralized biological tissues include high strength, adaptive material architectures with multiple physical properties that respond to their environment and are enabled by distributed manufacturing processes, as well as waste-free circular operation and low energy consumption.