Nanoscale mapping of the elasticity of microbial cells by atomic force microscopy

Langmuir

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4539-4543

  Touhami, Ahmed ^a   Nysten, Bernard ^a   Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CHITIN; COMPOSITION; ELASTICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; YEAST;

BUDDING; CELL SURFACE; HERTZ MODEL; MICROBIAL CELLS; NANOSCALE MAPPING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CELLS;

EID: 0037783430     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la034136x     Document Type: Letter

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