Simple polyacrylamide-based multiwell stiffness assay for the study of stiffness-dependent cell responses

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 97, 2015, Pages

  Syed, Sana ^a   Karadaghy, Amin ^a   Zustiak, Silviya ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Drug screening; High throughput; Issue 97; Multiwell; Polyacrylamide; Substrate stiffness; Young s modulus

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; HYDROGEL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS;

CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; HYDROGEL; PROCEDURES;

ACRYLIC RESINS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84941241687     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52643     Document Type: Article

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