Biomechanics and structure of the cornea: implications and association with corneal disorders

J Ma, Y Wang, P Wei, V Jhanji - Survey of ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that alterations in corneal biomechanical properties are
associated with corneal pathologies, particularly corneal ectasia. Moreover, these …

Recent advances in AFM-based biological characterization and applications at multiple levels

W Liang, H Shi, X Yang, J Wang, W Yang, H Zhang… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has found a wide range of bio-applications in the past few
decades due to its ability to measure biological samples in natural environments at a high …

Atomic Force Microscopy Methods to Measure Tumor Mechanical Properties

J Najera, MR Rosenberger, M Datta - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful technique that has been
pivotal to cancer research, but it has only recently been used to study tumor pathology at the …

From elasticity to capillarity in soft materials indentation

JT Pham, F Schellenberger, M Kappl, HJ Butt - Physical Review Materials, 2017 - APS
For soft materials with Young's moduli below 100 kPa, quantifying mechanical and
interfacial properties by small scale indentation is challenging because in addition to …

Indentation adhesion of hydrogels over a wide range of length and time scales

Y Lai, D He, Y Hu - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are both important engineering materials and living components. In both native
and engineering settings, hydrogels often interface with other materials. Quantifying the …

Metrology and nano-mechanical tests for nano-manufacturing and nano-bio interface: Challenges & future perspectives

EP Koumoulos, SAM Tofail, C Silien, D De Felicis… - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanometrology refers to measurement techniques that assess materials properties at the
nanoscale. Laboratory-based characterisation of nanomaterials has been the key enabler in …