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The mechanics of human brain organoids
Valentina Balbi, Michel Destrade, Alain Goriely
Organoids are prototypes of human organs derived from cultured human stem cells. They provide a reliable and accurate experimental model to study the physical mechanisms underlying…
Poynting effect of brain matter in torsion
Valentina Balbi, Antonia Trotta, Michel Destrade +1
We investigate experimentally and model theoretically the mechanical behaviour of brain matter in torsion. Using a strain-controlled rheometer we perform torsion tests on fresh por…
A modified formulation of quasi-linear viscoelasticity for transversely isotropic materials under finite deformation
Valentina Balbi, Tom Shearer, William J Parnell
The theory of quasi-linear viscoelasticity (QLV) is modified and developed for transversely isotropic (TI) materials under finite deformation. For the first time, distinct relaxati…