Roberto Contro

TL;DR: The results show how the higher drug load produces an initial higher release and how the less porous is the ceramic graft, the more evident is the initial burst release.

TL;DR: Stress-strain curves indicated that the bovine periodontal ligament (PDL) is characterized by a non-linear and time-dependent mechanical behaviour with the typical features of collagenous soft tissues.

TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between the process parameters and the resulting film morphology, structure and properties for PLD performed with an alumina target in a background oxygen atmosphere is investigated, and three distinct growth regimes are found, leading to compact homogeneous films, columnar structures and open microstructures.

TL;DR: The results show that the dura mater is mainly composed of longitudinally oriented collagen fibers, which account for higher tissue resistance in this direction, which accounts for its stronger tensile strength in thisdirection.

TL;DR: The present model could be used to assess the effect of variations of constitutive parameters due to age, injury, and/or disease on bone mechanical performance in the context of indentation testing and the coupling between indentation experiments and FEM simulations.