Fabrication of Hydrogels with Steep Stiffness Gradients for Studying Cell Mechanical Response

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Sunyer, Raimon ^a   Jin, Albert J ^b   Nossal, Ralph ^a   Sackett, Dan L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; FIBRONECTIN; N,N' METHYLENEBISACRYLAMIDE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL SPREADING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FILM; HYDROGEL; LABORATORY DEVICE; MATERIAL COATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACRYLAMIDE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84867131482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046107     Document Type: Article

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