Nanomechanics of individual amyloid fibrils using atomic force microscopy

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1608-1612

  Zhou, Xing Fei ^a   Cui, Cheng Yi ^a   Zhang, Jin Hai ^a   Liu, Jian Hua ^a   Liu, Jing Song ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AFM; Amyloid fibrils; Elastic modulus; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953906510     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3201-9     Document Type: Article

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