Experimental and numerical determination of cellular traction force on polymeric hydrogels

Interface Focus

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 777-791

  Ng, Soon Seng ^a   Li, Chuan ^b   Chan, Vincent ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cellular adhesion; Cellular traction force microscopy; Contact pressure; Particle image velocimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860910506     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0036     Document Type: Article

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