Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TexTOM (TexTOM - X-ray texture tomography as a tool to enable, multi-scale, in-situ imaging of the enthesis, a biological hinge between bone and tendon)

Hierarchical structures are signature elements of many biological and technical materials. The orientational distribution of their crystalline constituents (the crystallographic texture) is important for their mechanical properties. Resolving the local structure and...