Quantification of cellular penetrative forces using lab-on-a-chip technology and finite element modeling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 8093-8098

  Nezhad, Amir Sanati ^a   Naghavi, Mahsa ^b   Packirisamy, Muthukumaran ^a   Bhat, Rama ^a   Geitmann, Anja ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell mechanics; Invasive growth; Microfluidics; Sexual plant reproduction; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ENVIRONMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNGAL CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LAB ON A CHIP; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; POLLEN TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL MECHANICS; INVASIVE GROWTH; MICROFLUIDICS; SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION; TIP GROWTH;

CAMELLIA; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLLEN TUBE; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84877865009     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221677110     Document Type: Article

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