Figure 1 | Scientific Reports

Figure 1

From: Dynamic monitoring of cell mechanical properties using profile microindentation

Figure 1

Experimental setup for profile microindentation.

(a) Schematic (not drawn to scale) of the experimental setup used for profile microindentation. Microindenter is used to exert force on the endothelial cell adherent at the equator of the Cytodex-3 bead. (b) Microindenter before (left) and during (right) cell indentation. Scale bar is 10 μm. (c) Photograph of fluorescein “whiffed” by the micropipette on the Cytodex-3 bead in order to visualize the convection cone coming out of the micropipette. Scale bar is 10 μm.

Back to article page