Atomic force microscopy probing in the measurement of cell mechanics

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-145

  Kirmizis, Dimitrios ^a   Logothetidis, Stergios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cell elastography; Cell force spectroscopy; Cell mechanics

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 77951188221     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s5787     Document Type: Review

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