Microrheology of complex systems and living cells using AFM.

"Microrheology of complex systems and living cells using AFM." Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 16(sup1), pp. 15–16Keywords:: atomic force microscopyforce modulation modeviscoelastic propertiescellspolyacrylamide gel AcknowledgementsThe authors are grateful to the Ministry of Research for the Ph.D. grant of Y. Abidine, and to the ‘Association Nationale de la Recherche’ for the project grant ANR-TRANSMIG. Further help is acknowledged from ‘The ligue Nationale contre le Cancer’ (comité de la Drôme). We thank M. Betton for technical assistance with AFM.