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2023

MacManus D. B., Excision of whole intact mouse brain, MethodsX, 102246, 2023.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102246

Black S., Tzagiollari A., Mondal S., Dunne N., MacManus D. B., Mechanical behaviour of gel-filled additively-manufactured lattice structures under quasi-static compressive loading, Materials Today Communications, 35, 106164, 2023.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.106164

Kontogianni G., Loukelis K., Bonatti A. F., Batoni E., De Maria C., Naseem R., Dalgarno K., Vozzi G., MacManus D. B., Mondal S, Dunne N., Vitale-Brovarone C., Chatzinikolaidou M., Effect of uniaxial compression frequency on osteogenic cell responses in dynamic 3D cultures, Bioengineering, 10(5), 532, 2023.

https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10050532

MacManus D. B., Khorshidi M. A., Ghajari M., Sedighi H. M., Micromechanics in biology and medicine, IET Nanobiotechnology, Guest Editorial, 2023.

https://doi.org/10.1049/nbt2.12130

Frantsuzov R., Mondal S., Walsh C. M., Reynolds J. P., Dooley D., MacManus D. B., A finite element model of contusion spinal cord injury in rodents, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 142, 105856, 2023.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.105856

Mondal S., MacManus D. B., Bonatti A. F., De Maria C., et al., A computational analysis of a novel therapeutic approach combining an advanced medicinal therapeutic device and a fracture fixation assembly for the treatment of osteoporotic fractures: Effects of physiological loading, interface conditions, and fracture fixation materials, Medical Engineering & Physics, 114, 103967, 2023.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2023.103967

2022

MacManus D. B., Ghajari M., Material properties of human brain tissue suitable for modelling traumatic brain injury, Brain Multiphysics, 3, 100059, 2022.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brain.2022.100059

2020

MacManus D. B., Menichetti A., Depreitere B., Famaey N., Vander Sloten J., Gilchrist M., Towards animal surrogates for characterising large strain dynamic mechanical properties of human brain tissue, Brain Multiphysics, 1, 100018, 2020.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brain.2020.100018

Menichetti A., MacManus D. B., Gilchrist M. D., Depreitere B., Vander Sloten J., Famaey N., Regional Characterization of the dynamic mechanical properties of human brain tissue by microindentation, International Journal of Engineering Science, 155, 103355, 2020.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2020.103355

Pierrat B., Carrol L., Merle F., MacManus D. B., Gaul R., Lally C., Gilchrist M. D., Ní Annaidh A., Mechanical characterization and modelling of the porcine meninges, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, 801, 2020.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00801

2019

MacManus D. B., Maillet M., O’Gorman S., Pierrat B., Murphy J. G., Gilchrist M. D., Sex- and age-specific mechanical properties of liver tissue under dynamic loading conditions, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 99, 240-246, 2019.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.07.028

2018

MacManus D. B., Murphy J. G., Gilchrist M. D., Mechanical characterisation of brain tissue up to 35% strain at 1, 10, and 100/s using a custom-built micro-indentation apparatus, Journal of the Mechanical Behaviour of Biomedical Materials, 87, 256-266, 2018.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.07.025

Pierrat B., MacManus D. B., Murphy J. G., Gilchrist M. D., Indentation of heterogeneous soft tissue: Local constitutive parameter mapping using an inverse method and an automated rig, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 78, 515-528, 2018.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.03.033

2017

MacManus D. B., Gilchrist M. D., Murphy J. G., An empirical measure of nonlinear strain for soft tissue indentation, Royal Society Open Science, 4(11), 170894, 2017.

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170894

MacManus D. B., Pierrat B., Murphy J. G., Gilchrist M. D., Region and species dependent mechanical properties of adolescent and young adult brain tissue, Scientific Reports, 7, 13729, 2017.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13727-z

MacManus D. B., Pierrat B., Murphy J. G., Gilchrist M. D., Protection of cortex by overlying meninges tissue during dynamic indentation of the adolescent brain, Acta Biomaterialia, 57, 384-394, 2017.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2017.05.022

Gilchrist M. D., MacManus D., Murphy J. G., Pierrat B., A new formulation of slight compressibility for arterial tissue and its finite element implementation, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 20(4), 403-414, 2017.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2016.1236371

MacManus D. B., Pierrat B., Murphy J. G., Gilchrist M. D., A viscoelastic analysis of the P56 mouse brain under large-deformation dynamic indentation, Acta Biomaterialia, 48, 309-318, 2017.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2016.10.029

2016

Pierrat B., Murphy J. G., MacManus D. B., Gilchrist M. D., Finite element implementation of a new model of slightly compressibility for transversely isotropic materials, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 19(7), 745-758, 2016.

https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2015.1061513

MacManus D. B., Pierrat B., Murphy J. G., Gilchrist M. D., Mechanical characterisation of the P56 mouse brain under large-deformation dynamic indentation, Scientific Reports, 6, 21569, 2016.

https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21569

2015

MacManus D. B., Pierrat B., Murphy J. G., Gilchrist M. D., Dynamic mechanical properties of murine brain tissue using micro-indentation, Journal of Biomechanics, 48(12), 3213-3218, 2015.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.06.028