Hydrated human corneal stroma revealed by quantitative dynamic atomic force microscopy at nanoscale

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6873-6882

  Xia, Dan ^a   Zhang, Shuai ^a   Hjortdal, Jesper Østergaard ^b   Li, Qiang ^a   Thomsen, Karen ^a   Chevallier, Jacques ^a   Besenbacher, Flemming ^a   Dong, Mingdong ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

corneal stroma; hydration; mechanical property; quantitative dynamic atomic force microscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; FIBERS; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

COLLAGEN FIBER; CORNEAL STROMA; FIBER STRUCTURES; HYDRATION LEVELS; HYDRATION TIME; NANOMECHANICAL MAPPINGS; NANOPARTICLE STRUCTURES; QUANTITATIVE DYNAMICS;

STIFFNESS;

COLLAGEN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84904729577     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5015837     Document Type: Article

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