An explicit model to extract viscoelastic properties of cells from AFM force-indentation curves

Summary: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is widely used for quantifying the mechanical properties of soft materials such as cells. AFM force-indentation curves are conventionally fitted with a Hertzian model to extract elastic properties. These properties solely are, however, insufficient to describe...

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Main Authors: Shada Abuhattum, Dominic Mokbel, Paul Müller, Despina Soteriou, Jochen Guck, Sebastian Aland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222002863