Assessing collagen nanoscale thin films heterogeneity by AFM multi-mode imaging and nanoindetation for nanobiomedical applications

Micro and Nanosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-102

  Stylianou, Andreas ^a   Kontomaris, Stylianos Vasileios ^a   Yova, Dido ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

AFM; Cell culture platform; Collagen; D band; Fibroblasts; Nanoindentation; Phase imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; FIBERS; FIBROBLASTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; NANOINDENTATION; NANOSENSORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

AFM; CELL-BIOMATERIAL INTERACTIONS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL HETEROGENEITY; PHASE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE NANOTOPOGRAPHY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84923194007     PISSN: 18764029     EISSN: 18764037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187640290602141127114448     Document Type: Article

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