Denaturing of single electrospun fibrinogen fibers studied by deep ultraviolet fluorescence microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-224

  Kim, Jeongyong ^a   Song, Hugeun ^a   Park, Inho ^a   Carlisle, Christine R ^b   Bonin, Keith ^b   Guthold, Martin ^b  

^a SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep ultraviolet fluorescence microscopy; Electrospinning; Fibrinogen; Micropipette; Picoliter dispensation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; FLUORESCENCE; NANOFIBERS; PROTEINS;

% REDUCTIONS; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; DEEP ULTRAVIOLET; DEEP ULTRAVIOLET FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBRINOGEN; MICRO-PIPETTE; PICOLITER DISPENSATION; PICOLITERS; ULTRAVIOLET FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79951996070     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20896     Document Type: Article

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