Mechanical Properties of Materials Laboratory

Cyclic mechanical loading promotes bacterial penetration along composite restoration marginal gaps., Khvostenko, D, Salehi S, Naleway S E., Hilton T J., Ferracane J L., Mitchell J C., and Kruzic J J. , Dental Materials, Volume 31, Issue 6, p.702-710, (2015)

Intergranular Nanostructure Effects on Strength and Toughness of Si3N4, Mikijelj, B., Nawaz Z., Kruzic J. J., Idrobo J., Swab J. J., Ozcoban H., Jelitto H., Schneider G. A., Fett T., and Liu Y. , Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Volume 98, Issue 5, p.1650-1657, (2015)

Mechanical properties of suture materials in general and cutaneous surgery, Naleway, S. E., Lear W., Kruzic J. J., and Maughan C. B. , Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, Volume 103, Issue 4, p.735-742, (2015)

beta relaxation and low-temperature aging in a Au-based bulk metallic glass: From elastic properties to atomic-scale structure, Evenson, Z., Naleway S. E., Wei S., Gross O., Kruzic J. J., Gallino I., Possart W., Stommel M., and Busch R. , Physical Review B, May, Volume 89, Number 17, p.174204, (2014)

Dedication to Degradation: The Beauty of Materials Designed to Lay in Ruin, Nychka, J. A., and Kruzic J. , JOM, Apr, Volume 66, Number 4, p.556-558, (2014)

An inset CT specimen for evaluating fracture in small samples of material, Yahyazadehfar, M., Nazari A., Kruzic J. J., Quinn G. D., and Arola D. , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Feb, Volume 30, p.358-368, (2014)

Size-dependent fracture toughness of bulk metallic glasses, Gludovatz, B., Naleway S. E., Ritchie R. O., and Kruzic J. J. , Acta Materialia, May, Volume 70, p.198-207, (2014)

Design of Biomaterials: The Balancing Act between Reductionism and Systems Thinking, Nychka, J. A., and Kruzic J. J. , JOM, Apr, Volume 65, Number 4, p.469-472, (2013)

A highly fatigue resistant Zr-based bulk metallic glass, Naleway, S. E., Greene R. B., Gludovatz B., Dave N. K. N., Ritchie R. O., and Kruzic J. J. , Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Volume 44, Issue 13, (2013)

Biological materials science: An emerging art, Nychka, J. A., Kruzic J. J., Bandyopadhyay A., and Sarikaya M. , Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, May, Volume 31, Number 4, p.713-715, (2011)

Cortical bone fracture, Ritchie, R. O., Kinney J. H., Kruzic J. J., and Nalla R. K. , Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering, (2006)

Fracture and ageing in bone: Toughness and structural characterization, Ritchie, R. O., Nalla R. K., Kruzic J. J., Ager J. W., Balooch G., and Kinney J. H. , Strain, Nov, Volume 42, Number 4, p.225-232, (2006)

Propagation of surface fatigue cracks in human cortical bone, Kruzic, J. J., Scott J. A., Nalla R. K., and Ritchie R. O. , Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 39, Number 5, p.968-972, (2006)

Role of microstructure in the aging-related deterioration of the toughness of human cortical bone, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., Balooch M., Ager J. W., and Ritchie R. O. , Materials Science & Engineering C-Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, Sep, Volume 26, Number 8, p.1251-1260, (2006)

Aspects of in vitro fatigue in human cortical bone: time and cycle dependent crack growth, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, May, Volume 26, Number 14, p.2183-2195, (2005)

Effects of aging on the toughness of human cortical bone: A study from nano to macro size-scales, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., Balooch M., Ager J. W., Martin M. C., Tomsia A. P., and Ritchie R. O. , Mechanical Properties of Bioinspired and Biological Materials, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Volume 844, p.53-58, (2005)

Effects of polar solvents on the fracture resistance of dentin: role of water hydration, Nalla, R. K., Balooch M., Ager J. W., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Acta Biomaterialia, Jan, Volume 1, Number 1, p.31-43, (2005)

A fracture mechanics and mechanistic approach to the failure of cortical bone, Ritchie, R. O., Kinney J. H., Kruzic J. J., and Nalla R. K. , Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, Apr, Volume 28, Number 4, p.345-371, (2005)

Fracture Properties of Cortical Bone and Dentin, Kruzic, J. J., Nalla R. K., Ritchie R. O., and Kinney J. H. , Bioceramics: Materials and Applications V, Ceramic Transactions, Volume 164, p.53–62, (2005)

Mechanistic aspects of fracture and R-curve behavior in human cortical bone, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, Jan, Volume 26, Number 2, p.217-231, (2005)

Mechanistic aspects of in vitro fatigue-crack growth in dentin, Kruzic, J. J., Nalla R. K., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, Apr, Volume 26, Number 10, p.1195-1204, (2005)

Time vs. cycle dependence of ex vivo fatigue of human cortical bone, Ritchie, R. O., Nalla R. K., Kruzic J. J., and Kinney J. H. , 11th International Conference on Fracture, (2005)

Characteristic dimensions and the micro-mechanisms of fracture and fatigue in 'nano' and 'bio' materials, Ritchie, R. O., Kruzic J. J., Muhlstein C. L., Nalla R. K., and Stach E. A. , International Journal of Fracture, Jul-Aug, Volume 128, Number 1-4, p.1-15, (2004)

Effect of aging on the toughness of human cortical bone: evaluation by R-curves, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Bone, Dec, Volume 35, Number 6, p.1240-1246, (2004)

Mechanistic aspects of fracture of human cortical bone, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biological and Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices, MRS Symposium Proceedings, Volume 823, p.W8–2, (2004)

On the origin of the toughness of mineralized tissue: microcracking or crack bridging?, Nalla, R. K., Kruzic J. J., and Ritchie R. O. , Bone, May, Volume 34, Number 5, p.790-798, (2004)

Crack blunting, crack bridging and resistance-curve fracture mechanics in dentin: effect of hydration, Kruzic, J., Nalla R. K., Kinney J. H., and Ritchie R. O. , Biomaterials, Dec, Volume 24, Number 28, p.5209-5221, (2003)