Linear and nonlinear rheology of living cells

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 41, Issue , 2011, Pages 75-97

  Kollmannsberger, P ^a,b   Fabry, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Contractile prestress; Cytoskeleton; Microrheology; Soft glassy rheology; Stress stiffening

Indexed keywords

CELL MECHANICS; CYTOSKELETONS; MICRORHEOLOGY; PRE-STRESS; SOFT GLASSY RHEOLOGY; STRESS STIFFENING;

CELLS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 79960109499     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-062910-100351     Document Type: Article

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