Atomic force microscopy imaging and mechanical properties measurement of red blood cells and aggressive cancer cells

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 968-973

  Li, Mi ^a,b,e   Liu, LianQing ^a   Xi, Ning ^a,c   Wang, YueChao ^a   Dong, ZaiLi ^a   Xiao, XiuBin ^d   Zhang, WeiJing ^d  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; cancer cell; mechanical properties; red blood cell; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869397833     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-012-4399-3     Document Type: Article

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