Nanomechanical Mapping of Hard Tissues by Atomic Force Microscopy: An Application to Cortical Bone.

atomic force microscopy biomaterials cortical bone elasticity force mapping hard tissues nano biomechanics nanomechanical mapping tissue nanoindentation

Journal

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 1996-1944
Titre abrégé: Materials (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101555929

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
26 Oct 2022
Historique:
received: 22 09 2022
revised: 18 10 2022
accepted: 20 10 2022
entrez: 11 11 2022
pubmed: 12 11 2022
medline: 12 11 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Force mapping of biological tissues via atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes the mechanical properties of samples within a given topography, revealing the interplay between tissue organization and nanometer-level composition. Despite considerable attention to soft biological samples, constructing elasticity maps on hard tissues is not routine for standard AFM equipment due to the difficulty of interpreting nanoindentation data in light of the available models of surface deformation. To tackle this issue, we proposed a protocol to construct elasticity maps of surfaces up to several GPa in moduli by AFM nanoindentation using standard experimental conditions (air operation, nanometrically sharp spherical tips, and cantilever stiffness below 30 N/m). We showed how to process both elastic and inelastic sample deformations simultaneously and independently and quantify the degree of elasticity of the sample to decide which regime is more suitable for moduli calculation. Afterwards, we used the frequency distributions of Young's moduli to quantitatively assess differences between sample regions different for structure and composition, and to evaluate the presence of mechanical inhomogeneities. We tested our method on histological sections of sheep cortical bone, measuring the mechanical response of different osseous districts, and mapped the surface down to the single collagen fibril level.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36363104
pii: ma15217512
doi: 10.3390/ma15217512
pmc: PMC9659036
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : Ministero della Salute
ID : N/A
Organisme : Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
ID : N/A

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Auteurs

Marco Bontempi (M)

Struttura Complessa Scienze e Tecnologie Chirurgiche, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy.

Francesca Salamanna (F)

Struttura Complessa Scienze e Tecnologie Chirurgiche, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy.

Rosario Capozza (R)

School of Engineering, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, The University of Edinburgh, Thomas Bayes Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, UK.

Andrea Visani (A)

Struttura Complessa Scienze e Tecnologie Chirurgiche, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy.

Milena Fini (M)

Struttura Complessa Scienze e Tecnologie Chirurgiche, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy.

Alessandro Gambardella (A)

Struttura Complessa Scienze e Tecnologie Chirurgiche, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy.

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