A beginner's guide to atomic force microscopy probing for cell mechanics

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 75-84

  Gavara, Núria ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; cell mechanics; mechanobiology

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

AFM; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; CELL BIOLOGY; CELL MECHANICS; EASE-OF-USE; EPIFLUORESCENCES; LIVE CELL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CELLS; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL STRESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CALIBRATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; OPTICAL IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84995376240     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22776     Document Type: Review

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