Microfabricated cantilevers for measurement of subcellular and molecular forces

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 891-898

  Fauver, Mark E ^a   Dunaway, Dwayne L ^a   Lilienfeld, David H ^a   Craighead, Harold G ^a   Pollack, Gerald H ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Calibration; Force transducer; Myofibril; Nanofabrication

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; SILICON NITRIDE; STIFFNESS; TRANSDUCERS;

CANTILEVER BEAM FORCE TRANSDUCERS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FORCE TRANSDUCER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FORCE;

CALIBRATION; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MYOFIBRILS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032125693     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.686797     Document Type: Article

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