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Chondrocyte metabolism and matrix nano-electromechanics : the response to cartilage tissue shear deformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
Cartilage functions as a load bearing and friction reducing material in synovial joints and it is constantly exposed to in vivo loading which is coupled to electromechanical and physicochemical forces. The swelling pressure ...