Mapping the Complex Morphology of Cell Interactions with Nanowire Substrates Using FIB-SEM

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wierzbicki, Rafał ^a   Købler, Carsten ^a   Jensen, Mikkel R B ^a   Łopacińska, Joanna ^a   Schmidt, Michael S ^a   Skolimowski, Maciej ^a   Abeille, Fabien ^a   Qvortrup, Klaus ^b   Mølhave, Kristian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FOCAL ADHESION; FOCUSED ION BEAM SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROVILLUS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SHAPE; FIBROBLASTS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOWIRES; NIH 3T3 CELLS; SILICON;

EID: 84872243023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053307     Document Type: Article

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