A new mechanobiological era: Microfluidic pathways to apply and sense forces at the cellular level

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 400-408

  Kurth, Felix ^a   Eyer, Klaus ^a   Franco Obregón, Alfredo ^a   Dittrich, Petra S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOMETRY; ELECTRONICS; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84865295465     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.03.014     Document Type: Review

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