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Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV
The molecular mechanisms for plastic deformation of bone tissue are not well understood. We analysed temperature and strain-rate dependence of the tensile deformation behaviour in fibrolamellar bone, using a technique originally developed for studying plastic deformation in metals. We show that, bey...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2220070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17251154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2006.0172 |
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author | Gupta, Himadri S Fratzl, Peter Kerschnitzki, Michael Benecke, Gunthard Wagermaier, Wolfgang Kirchner, Helmut O.K |
author_facet | Gupta, Himadri S Fratzl, Peter Kerschnitzki, Michael Benecke, Gunthard Wagermaier, Wolfgang Kirchner, Helmut O.K |
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description | The molecular mechanisms for plastic deformation of bone tissue are not well understood. We analysed temperature and strain-rate dependence of the tensile deformation behaviour in fibrolamellar bone, using a technique originally developed for studying plastic deformation in metals. We show that, beyond the elastic regime, bone is highly strain-rate sensitive, with an activation volume of ca 0.6 nm(3). We find an activation energy of 1.1 eV associated with the basic step involved in the plastic deformation of bone at the molecular level. This is much higher than the energy of hydrogen bonds, but it is lower than the energy required for breaking covalent bonds inside the collagen fibrils. Based on the magnitude of these quantities, we speculate that disruption of electrostatic bonds between polyelectrolyte molecules in the extrafibrillar matrix of bone, perhaps mediated by polyvalent ions such as calcium, may be the rate-limiting elementary step in bone plasticity. |
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spelling | pubmed-22200702008-02-20 Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV Gupta, Himadri S Fratzl, Peter Kerschnitzki, Michael Benecke, Gunthard Wagermaier, Wolfgang Kirchner, Helmut O.K J R Soc Interface Research Article The molecular mechanisms for plastic deformation of bone tissue are not well understood. We analysed temperature and strain-rate dependence of the tensile deformation behaviour in fibrolamellar bone, using a technique originally developed for studying plastic deformation in metals. We show that, beyond the elastic regime, bone is highly strain-rate sensitive, with an activation volume of ca 0.6 nm(3). We find an activation energy of 1.1 eV associated with the basic step involved in the plastic deformation of bone at the molecular level. This is much higher than the energy of hydrogen bonds, but it is lower than the energy required for breaking covalent bonds inside the collagen fibrils. Based on the magnitude of these quantities, we speculate that disruption of electrostatic bonds between polyelectrolyte molecules in the extrafibrillar matrix of bone, perhaps mediated by polyvalent ions such as calcium, may be the rate-limiting elementary step in bone plasticity. The Royal Society 2006-11-07 2007-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2220070/ /pubmed/17251154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2006.0172 Text en Copyright © 2006 The Royal Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gupta, Himadri S Fratzl, Peter Kerschnitzki, Michael Benecke, Gunthard Wagermaier, Wolfgang Kirchner, Helmut O.K Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV |
title | Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV |
title_full | Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV |
title_fullStr | Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV |
title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV |
title_short | Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV |
title_sort | evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 ev |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2220070/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17251154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2006.0172 |
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