Cellular replication and atomic force microscope imaging using a UV-Bioimprint technique

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Muys, J J ^a   Alkaisi, M M ^a   Evans, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

AFM; Bioimprint; Cellular replication; Pituitary cells

Indexed keywords

BIOIMPRINT; CELLULAR REPLICATION; PITUITARY CELLS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL DIVISION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33748755841     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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