1. Guest editorial: Biological and biologically inspired materials

   • Hugh A. Bruck

   EditorialNotes Pages: 359 - 360

2. The role of mechanics in biological and biologically inspired materials

   • H. A. Bruck
   • J. J. Evans
   • M. L. Peterson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 371

3. Fracture testing of a self-healing polymer composite

   • E. N. Brown
   • N. R. Sottos
   • S. R. White

   OriginalPaper Pages: 372 - 379

4. Fatigue and fracture of bovine dentin

   • D. Arola
   • J. A. Rouland
   • D. Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 380 - 388

5. Coupled experiments and simulations of microstructural damage in wood

   • Eric N. Landis
   • Svetlana Vasic
   • Perrine Parrod

   OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 394

6. Rigid biological composite materials: Structural examples for biomimetic design

   • George Mayer
   • Mehmet Sarikaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 403

7. Epoxy-based electroactive polymer gels

   • Yuka Yoshioka
   • Paul Calvert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 404 - 408

8. Evaluating the mechanical behavior of arterial tissue using digital image correlation

   • Dongsheng Zhang
   • Charles D. Eggleton
   • Dwayne D. Arola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 409 - 416

9. Dynamic fiber debonding and frictional push-out in mode composite systems: Experimental observations

   • Zhouhua Li
   • Xiaopeng Bi
   • Philippe H. Geubelle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 417 - 425

10. Indentation failure in composite sandwich structures

    • E. E. Gdoutos
    • I. M. Daniel
    • K. A. Wang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 426 - 431

11. A new interferometric method for vibration measurement by electronic holography

    • Dan N. Borza

    OriginalPaper Pages: 432 - 438

12. Investigation of shrinkage-induced stresses in stereolithography photo-curable resins

    • D. Karalekas
    • D. Rapti
    • A. Aggelopoulos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 439 - 444