Prenatal muscle forces are necessary for vertebral segmentation and disc structure, but not for notochord involution in mice.

A Levillain , S Ahmed , DM Kaimaki , S Schuler
European Cells & Materials 41 558 -575

2021
Correlating Microstructure to in situ Micromechanical Behaviour and Toughening Strategies in Biological Materials

Richard E Johnston , Ria L Mitchell , Cameron Pleydell-Pearce , Mark Coleman
Microscopy and Microanalysis 25 372 -373

2019
Scaling and biomechanics of surface attachment in climbing animals

David Labonte , Walter Federle
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370 ( 1661) 20140027 -20140027

75
2015
Rhubarb petioles inspire biodegradable cellulose fibre-reinforced PLA composites with increased impact strength

Nina Graupner , David Labonte , Jörg Müssig
Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 98 218 -226

13
2017
Surface contact and design of fibrillar ‘friction pads’ in stick insects (Carausius morosus): mechanisms for large friction coefficients and negligible adhesion

David Labonte , John A. Williams , Walter Federle
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 11 ( 94) 20140034 -20140034

39
2014
Enhanced adhesion of bioinspired nanopatterned elastomers via colloidal surface assembly

Sabine Akerboom , Jeroen Appel , David Labonte , Walter Federle
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 12 ( 102) 20141061 -20141061

19
2015
Functional gradients in the pericarp of the green coconut inspire asymmetric fibre-composites with improved impact strength, and preserved flexural and tensile properties.

Nina Graupner , David Labonte , Heide Humburg , Tayfun Buzkan
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 12 ( 2) 026009 -026009

16
2017
Shear-sensitive adhesion enables size-independent adhesive performance in stick insects

David Labonte , Marie-Yon Struecker , Aleksandra Birn-Jeffery , Walter Federle
bioRxiv 724831

12
2019
Functional morphology and efficiency of the antenna cleaner in Camponotus rufifemur ants.

Alexander Hackmann , Henry Delacave , Adam Robinson , David Labonte
Royal Society Open Science 2 ( 7) 150129 -150129

10
2015
On the relationship between indentation hardness and modulus, and the damage resistance of biological materials.

David Labonte , Anne-Kristin Lenz , Michelle L. Oyen
Acta Biomaterialia 57 373 -383

40
2017
59
2015
Dynamic biological adhesion: mechanisms for controlling attachment during locomotion

Walter Federle , David Labonte
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374 ( 1784) 20190199

23
2019
Scaling of claw sharpness: mechanical constraints reduce attachment performance in larger insects

Jonathan G. Pattrick , David Labonte , Walter Federle
The Journal of Experimental Biology 221 ( 24)

11
2018
Mechanical properties of the hollow-wall graphene gyroid lattice

Kenichi Nakanishi , David Labonte , Tomasz Cebo , Vlad P. Veigang-Radulescu
Acta Materialia 201 254 -265

1
2020
Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing.

David Labonte , Christofer J. Clemente , Alex Dittrich , Chi-Yun Kuo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113 ( 5) 1297 -1302

56
2016
Dynamic similarity and the peculiar allometry of maximum running speed

David Labonte , Peter J Bishop , Taylor JM Dick , Christofer J Clemente
Nature Communications 15 ( 1) 2181 -2181

4
2024