Xinyong Chen

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the experimentally determined values of stiffness for ten cantilever probes using four different methods, based on the acquisition and analysis of thermal distribution functions of the oscillator's amplitude fluctuations.

TL;DR: A fundamental role for mechanosensing in mammalian development is suggested and the mechanical environment should be taken into consideration when engineering implantable scaffolds or when producing therapeutically relevant cell populations in vitro is illustrated.

TL;DR: An atomic force microscope has been used to directly monitor specific interactions between antibodies and antigens employed in an immunoassay system, and analysis of the force distribution data suggests a quantization of the forces.

TL;DR: The dextran matrix of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor chip modified with hydrophobic residues (BIAcore sensor chip L1) provides an ideal substrate for liposome adsorption and atomic force microscopy (AFM) and fluorescence microscopy investigated these materials, indicating that the liposomes fuse and form a lipid bilayer on the dextrans matrix.

TL;DR: The antimicrobial catheter offers for the first time a means of reducing infection and its complications in long-term urinary catheter users.