Mechanics of Cells and Tissues in Diseases. Biomedical Methods / / ed. by Manfred Radmacher, Malgorzata Lekka, Daniel Navajas, Alessandro Podestà.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Abidine, Yara,; Antonovaite, Nelda,; Berardi, Massimiliano,; Bielawski, Kevin,; Casuso, Ignacio,; Chighizola, Matteo,; Dupres, Vincent,; Ehrlicher, Allen J.,; Fields, Conor,; Holuigue, Hatice,; Janel, Sébastien,; Kim, Tae-Hyung,; Lacaria, Leda,; Lafont, Frank,; Lee, Gil,; Lekka, M.,; Li, Peng,; Lorenc, Ewelina,; Ly, Chau,; Navajas, D.,; Navajas, Daniel,; Otero, Jorge,; Podestà, A.,; Podestà, Alessandro,; Radmacher, M.,; Radmacher, Manfred,; Redondo-Morata, Lorena,; Rico, Felix,; Rijnveld, Niek,; Rodriguez, Jorge,; Rodriguez-Ramos, Jorge,; Rowat, Amy C.,; Tirgar, Pouria,; Verdier, Claude,; Wdowicz, Anita,; Zemła, Joanna,
• HerausgeberIn: Lekka, Malgorzata,; Navajas, Daniel,; Podestà, Alessandro,; Radmacher, Manfred,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter STEM ; Volume 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIX, 261 p.)

This book presents a comprehensive description of the basic concepts of soft matter mechanics and of the nano- and microscale biomedical methods that allow characterizing the mechanical properties of cells and tissues.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Table of Contents Volume 1 – Biomedical Methods
• Table of Contents of Volume 2 – Biomedical Applications
• Contributing Authors
• 1 Introduction
• Soft Matter Mechanics
• 2.1 Introduction to Viscoelasticity
• 2.2 Contact Mechanics
• Instruments and Methods
• 3.1 Atomic Force Microscope AFM
• 3.1.1 AFM Instrumentation
• 3.1.2 AFM Cantilevers and Tips
• 3.1.3 AFM Calibration Issues
• 3.2 Fiber-Optics-Based Nanoindenters
• 3.3 Optical Tweezers and Force Spectrum Microscopy
• 3.4 Magnetic Tweezers: From Molecules to Cells
• 3.5 Cell and Tissue Stretcher
• 3.6 Microrheology
• 3.7 Fluidic Approaches to Measure Cellular Deformability
• 3.8 Progresses in Correlative Microscopy and Techniques for AFM in Biomechanics
• Subject Index (Volume 1 & Volume 2)