The skin of developing soft and fleshy fruit is subjected to considerable growth stress, and failure of the skin is associated with impaired barrier properties in water transport and pathogen defence. The objectives were ...

Use of electrospun fiber mats for tissue engineering applications has become increasingly prominent. One of the most important polymers in research, poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), however, lacks biological performance, easy ...

This paper presents a novel design for a knee disarticulation prosthesis. In this design, three hydraulic cylinders form the supporting structure and provide the damping effect at the same time. That way the novel knee ...

Extruded polystyrene rigid foams have attracted a great attention as a superior load-bearing thermal insulation material since their implementation in building construction. One of the most common application areas of this ...

Light-based therapies have been established for various indications, such as skin conditions, cancer or neonatal jaundice. Advances in the field of optogenetics open up new horizons for light-tissue interactions with an ...

In many aspects, elastomers and soft biological tissues exhibit similar mechanical properties such as a pronounced nonlinear stress–strain relation and a viscoelastic response to external loads. Consequently, many models ...

Close physical human-robot interaction makes it essential to ensure human safety. In particular, the intrinsic safety characteristics of a robot in terms of potential human injury have to be understood well. Then, minimal ...