Mechanical properties play important roles at different scales in biology. At the level of a
single cell, the mechanical properties mediate mechanosensing and mechanotransduction …

The development of atomic force microscopy has evolved into a wide variety of microscopy
and characterization techniques well beyond conventional imaging. The focus of this review …

Abstract Force-displacement (FZ) curves are the most commonly used Atomic Force
Microscopy (AFM) mode to measure the local, nanoscale elastic properties of soft materials …

Tissue regeneration is a process that recapitulates and restores organ structure and
function. Although previous studies have demonstrated wound-induced hair neogenesis …

Mechanical loading induces both nuclear distortion and alterations in gene expression in a
variety of cell types. Mechanotransduction is the process by which extracellular mechanical …

Particle tracking microrheology, an emerging experimental technique, which utilizes the
Brownian motion of embedded particles to probe local dynamics of soft materials, is …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that have detached from primary tumor site
and are transported via the circulation system. The importance of CTCs as prognostic …

In this work, we present new insights related to a debate on the morphological structure of
hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) molecules when dissolved in water, ie, whether HEC adopts a …

The force-distance curves (FCs) obtained by the atomic force microscope (AFM) with colloid
probes contain information about both the viscoelastic properties and adhesion of a sample …

The mechanical properties of polystyrene (PS) nanospheres of ca. 50–1000 nm in diameter
were evaluated by using an atomic force microscope (AFM). The compressive elastic moduli …