Automated AFM force curve analysis for determining elastic modulus of biomaterials and biological samples

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-218

  Chang, Yow Ren ^a   Raghunathan, Vijay Krishna ^a   Garland, Shaun P ^b   Morgan, Joshua T ^a   Russell, Paul ^a   Murphy, Christopher J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biomechanics; Contact point; Elastic modulus; Nano indentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELASTIC MODULI; END EFFECTORS; POLYMERS;

AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATED APPROACH; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CONTACT POINTS; FORCE CURVE; INTER-MOLECULAR FORCES; LINEAR ELASTIC INDENTATION; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

BIOINFORMATICS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTACT POINT; FORCE; HERTZIAN MECHANIC; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DOG; IRIS; PROCEDURES;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CORNEA; DOGS; ELASTIC MODULUS; IRIS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84902591269     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.05.027     Document Type: Article

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