Probing the Elasticity of Breast Cancer Cells Using AFM

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 2122-2125

  Li, Q S ^a   Lee, G Y H ^b   Ong, C N ^a,c   Lim, C T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AFM; breast cancer; cell mechanics; indentation; temperature effect

Indexed keywords

AFM; APPARENT ELASTIC MODULUS; BREAST CANCER; CELL MECHANICS; CYTOSKELETAL DYNAMICS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL REMODELING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; INDENTATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CELLS;

EID: 80755176024     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92841-6_530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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