About the Authors
- Sarah Strauß
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* E-mail: strauss.sarah@mh-hannover.de
Affiliation Department of Plastic-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Sonja Dudziak
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Affiliation Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany
- Ronny Hagemann
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Affiliation Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany
- Stephan Barcikowski
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Affiliations Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany, Technical Chemistry I and Center for Nanointegration University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Malte Fliess
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Affiliation Department of Plastic-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Meir Israelowitz
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Affiliation Biomimetics Technologies Inc., Toronto, Canada
- Dietmar Kracht
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Affiliation Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany
- Jörn W. Kuhbier
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Affiliation Department of Plastic-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Christine Radtke
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Affiliation Department of Plastic-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Kerstin Reimers
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Affiliation Department of Plastic-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Peter M. Vogt
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Affiliation Department of Plastic-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Competing Interests
M. Israelowitz is employed by Biomimetics Technologies Inc. This company is not involved in funding of the project in hand or in any other project of the laboratory. Mr. Israelowitz did not receive payment for his help. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS KR PV. Performed the experiments: SS. Analyzed the data: SS KR MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR SD RH SB MI DK JK CR PV. Wrote the paper: SS KR. Fabricated the NiTi structures: SD RH. Calculated the applied forces: MF.