Print me an organ! Why we are not there yet

WL Ng, CK Chua, YF Shen - Progress in Polymer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioprinting offers a highly-automated and advanced manufacturing platform that facilitates
the deposition of bio-inks (living cells, biomaterials and growth factors) in a scalable and …

[HTML][HTML] Corneal structure and transparency

KM Meek, C Knupp - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2015 - Elsevier
The corneal stroma plays several pivotal roles within the eye. Optically, it is the main
refracting lens and thus has to combine almost perfect transmission of visible light with …

Optical coherence elastography in ophthalmology

MA Kirby, I Pelivanov, S Song… - … of biomedical optics, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical coherence elastography (OCE) can provide clinically valuable information based on
local measurements of tissue stiffness. Improved light sources and scanning methods in …

Age-and race-related differences in human scleral material properties

R Grytz, MA Fazio, V Libertiaux, L Bruno… - … & visual science, 2014 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: We tested the hypothesis that there are age-and race-related differences in
posterior scleral material properties, using eyes from human donors of European (20–90 …

Polarization microscopy for characterizing fiber orientation of ocular tissues

NJ Jan, JL Grimm, H Tran, KL Lathrop… - Biomedical optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Characterizing the collagen fiber orientation and organization in the eye is necessary for a
complete understanding of ocular biomechanics. In this study, we assess the performance of …

[HTML][HTML] The hierarchical response of human corneal collagen to load

JS Bell, S Hayes, C Whitford, J Sanchez-Weatherby… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Fibrillar collagen in the human cornea is integral to its function as a transparent lens of
precise curvature, and its arrangement is now well-characterised in the literature. While …

Highly aligned hierarchical intrafibrillar mineralization of collagen induced by periodic fluid shear stress

T Du, X Niu, S Hou, M Xu, Z Li, P Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Periodic fluid shear stress (FSS) is one of the main mechanical microenvironments in
mineralization of bone matrix. To elucidate the mechanism of periodic FSS in collagen …

Collagen fiber interweaving is central to sclera stiffness

B Wang, Y Hua, BL Brazile, B Yang, IA Sigal - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The mechanical properties of the microstructural components of sclera are central to eye
physiology and pathology. Because these parameters are extremely difficult to measure …

Transverse depth-dependent changes in corneal collagen lamellar orientation and distribution

A Abass, S Hayes, N White… - Journal of The …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is thought that corneal surface topography may be stabilized by the angular orientation of
out-of plane lamellae that insert into the anterior limiting membrane. In this study, micro …

A review of corneal biomechanics: Mechanisms for measurement and the implications for refractive surgery

A Wilson, J Marshall - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Detailed clinical assessment of corneal biomechanics has the potential to revolutionize the
ophthalmic industry through enabling quicker and more proficient diagnosis of corneal …