Local increase in stiffness of agarose gel layer by patterning with polylysine measured via atomic force microscopy

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-435

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

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DEIONIZED WATER; ELASTIC MODULI; INDENTATION; SOLUTIONS; STIFFNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE; CONCENTRATION THRESHOLD; FORCE-DISTANCE CURVES; INDENTATION DEPTH; POLY D LYSINES; REGIONS OF INTEREST; TIP-SURFACE INTERACTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

AGAROSE; POLYLYSINE; WATER; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; SEPHAROSE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG MODULUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GEL; MECHANICS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GELS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYLYSINE; SEPHAROSE;

EID: 84855382009     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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