2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
The Achilles tendon enthesis rebuilds its mineralization front on reloading but retains a nanoscale imprint of unloading
M. L. Stammer, C. Camy, M. Frewein +16
The enthesis is a graded fibrocartilaginous interface that transfers load between tendon and bone, yet the nanoscale mechanisms stabilizing its mineralization front remain unclear.…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
The crystalline properties of silica biomorphs vary within and between morphologies
Moritz P. K. Frewein, Britta Maier, Moritz L. Stammer +8
Silica-witherite biomorphs are a class of emergent materials, i.e. composite microstructures made of nanometric barium carbonate surrounded by amorphous silica. They form via co-pr…