Surface deflection of a microtubule loaded by a concentrated radial force

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Huang, G Y ^a   Mai, Y W ^a   Ru, C Q ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; NANOINDENTATION; NANOMECHANICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ELASTIC SHELL MODELS; EUKARYOTIC CYTOSKELETON; RADIAL FORCE GENERATION; SURFACE DEFLECTION;

NANOTUBES;

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FORCE; MICROTUBULE; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 42549103710     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/12/125101     Document Type: Article

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