Noncontact microrheology at acoustic frequencies using frequency-modulated atomic force microscopy

Nature Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 650-654

  Gavara, Núria ^a   Chadwick, Richard S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COCHLEA DUCT; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GUINEA PIG; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; DEVICES; ELASTICITY; FLOW KINETICS; PROCEDURES; VISCOSITY;

ACOUSTICS; ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; GUINEA PIGS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; RHEOLOGY; TECTORIAL MEMBRANE; VISCOSITY;

CAVIA;

EID: 77955174423     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1474     Document Type: Article

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