Spectroscopic investigation of local mechanical impedance of living cells.

We studied nanoscale mechanical properties of PC12 living cells with a Force Feedback Microscope using two experimental approaches. The first one consists in measuring the local mechanical impedance of the cell membrane while simultaneously mapping the cell morphology at constant force. As the inter...

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Main Authors: Luca Costa, Mario S Rodrigues, Núria Benseny-Cases, Véronique Mayeux, Joël Chevrier, Fabio Comin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4084948?pdf=render