Photonic force microscopy of local tension at cell surface focal adhesions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6343 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bordeleau, François ^a   Bessard, Judicaël ^a   Marceau, Normand ^b   Sheng, Yunlong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological force; Focal adhesion; Optical trap; Photonic force microscopy; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FORCES; FOCAL ADHESION; OPTICAL TRAPS; PHOTONIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; PHOTONS; POLYSTYRENES; STIFFNESS; STRESSES;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 33749852992     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.706573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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