Sensing surface mechanical deformation using active probes driven by motor proteins

It is challenging to characterize the mechanical properties of soft surfaces owing to the coupling between surface deformation and elasticity of bulk materials. Here, Inoue et al. use motile cytoskeletal filaments as active probes, whose direction reflects the stress field experienced by the surface...

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Autores principales: Daisuke Inoue, Takahiro Nitta, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Jian Ping Gong, Akihiko Konagaya, Akira Kakugo
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/13c7b52629f94ea8916d7de3ee1c2cc4
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Sumario:It is challenging to characterize the mechanical properties of soft surfaces owing to the coupling between surface deformation and elasticity of bulk materials. Here, Inoue et al. use motile cytoskeletal filaments as active probes, whose direction reflects the stress field experienced by the surface.