AFM measurement of the stiffness of layers of agarose gel patterned with polylysine

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 982-990

  Salerno, Marco ^a   Dante, Silvia ^a   Patra, Niranjan ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Indentation; Poly D lysine; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEIONIZED WATER; ELASTIC MODULI;

AFM; AGAROSE; AGAROSE GEL; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; D-LYSINE; DEIONISED WATERS; MEASUREMENTS OF; POLY-D-LYSINE; POLYLYSINE; YOUNG MODULUS;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 78649453038     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20838     Document Type: Article

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