Atomic force microscopy-based mechanobiology

M Krieg, G Fläschner, D Alsteens, BM Gaub… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Mechanobiology emerges at the crossroads of medicine, biology, biophysics and
engineering and describes how the responses of proteins, cells, tissues and organs to …

Contact mechanics in tribological and contact damage-related problems: A review

B Li, P Li, R Zhou, XQ Feng, K Zhou - Tribology International, 2022‏ - Elsevier
When two bodies are in contact, various surface/subsurface damage problems may arise,
which significantly shorten the service lives of functional components. These damage …

Nanoindentation in polymer nanocomposites

AM Díez-Pascual, MA Gómez-Fatou, F Ania… - Progress in Materials …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
This article reviews recent literature on polymer nanocomposites using advanced
indentation techniques to evaluate the surface mechanical properties down to the nanoscale …

Nanoindentation in crystal engineering: quantifying mechanical properties of molecular crystals

S Varughese, M Kiran, U Ramamurty… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nanoindentation is a technique for measuring the elastic modulus and hardness of small
amounts of materials. This method, which has been used extensively for characterizing …

The Hertz-type and adhesive contact problems for depth-sensing indentation

FM Borodich - Advances in Applied Mechanics, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Connections between the Hertz-type contact problems and depth-sensing indentation of
materials are studied. Formulations of Hertz-type contact problems with various boundary …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic nanoindentation by instrumented nanoindentation and force microscopy: a comparative review

SR Cohen, E Kalfon-Cohen - Beilstein journal of …, 2013‏ - beilstein-journals.org
Viscoelasticity is a complex yet important phenomenon that drives material response at
different scales of time and space. Burgeoning interest in nanoscale dynamic material …

Biophysical approaches for applying and measuring biological forces

W Sun, X Gao, H Lei, W Wang, Y Cao - Advanced Science, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, increasing evidence has indicated that mechanical loads can
regulate the morphogenesis, proliferation, migration, and apoptosis of living cells …

Traction force screening enabled by compliant PDMS elastomers

H Yoshie, N Koushki, R Kaviani, M Tabatabaei… - Biophysical journal, 2018‏ - cell.com
Actomyosin contractility is an essential element of many aspects of cellular biology and
manifests as traction forces that cells exert on their surroundings. The central role of these …

Work of adhesion/separation between soft elastomers of different mixing ratios

Y Yu, D Sanchez, N Lu - Journal of Materials Research, 2015‏ - cambridge.org
Adhesion between soft matter is a universal mechanical problem in bio-engineering and bio-
integration. The Johnson–Kendall–Roberts (JKR) method is widely used to measure the …

Effect of tip shape on nanomechanical properties measurements using AFM

QD Nguyen, KH Chung - Ultramicroscopy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based indentation has been widely used to understand
mechanical properties in conjunction with surface topography and structure at the nano …