A piconewton force transducer and its application to measurement of the bending stiffness of phospholipid membranes

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 595-605

  Heinrich, Volkmar ^a   Waugh, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilayer membrane; Curvature elasticity; Magnetic particles; Mechanics; Micromanipulation

Indexed keywords

FORCE MEASUREMENT; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SEPARATORS; STIFFNESS; TRANSDUCERS;

BENDING STIFFNESS; MEMBRANE TENSION; MICROPIPETTE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANES; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLES; PICONEWTON FORCE TRANSDUCER; STEAROYL OLEOYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FORCE TRANSDUCER; LIPID BILAYER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RIGIDITY;

CALIBRATION; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030249726     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02684228     Document Type: Article

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