Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2022,13, 1483–1489, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.122
Santiago D. Solares Alexander X. Cartagena-Rivera Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Section on Mechanobiology, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and
mechanical changes in the affected tissues.
Keywords: atomic force microscopy; healthcare; mechanical properties; mechanobiology; medical diagnosis; Introduction
Since its invention in the early 1980s, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been extensively used for topographical, mechanical, electrical, and
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Example of nanomechanical profiling strategy of patient tissues for medical diagnosis. Multiple non...
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2016,7, 1620–1641, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.155
is required. Additionally, it may be desirable to tune the mechanical stiffness of the material since recent advances in cellular mechanobiology have demonstrated the drastic effect of material compliance on various cell functions [79][80][81][82]. Moreover, the material of choice should also be
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Schematic illustration of cell interaction with a micro- and nanostructured biofunctionalized surfa...