Cell nanosurgery using ultrashort (femtosecond) laser pulses: Applications to membrane surgery and cell isolation

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Kohli, Vikram ^a   Elezzabi, Abdulhakem Y ^a   Acker, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell dissection; Laser surgery; Nanosurgical isolation; Nanosurgrical manipulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; LASER SURGERY; MAMMAL CELL; NANOSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; DOGS; LASER SURGERY; NANOMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26844535365     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20220     Document Type: Article

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