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C H A P T E R<br />

7<br />

Micro/Nanoengineering <strong>and</strong><br />

AFM for Cellular Sensing<br />

Huabing Yin, Gordon McPhee <strong>and</strong><br />

Phil S. Dobson<br />

O U T L I N E<br />

7.1 Introduction 195<br />

7.1.1 How Do Cells Respond to the ECM? 196<br />

7.2 Engineering the ECM for Probing Cell Sensing 198<br />

7.2.1 Surface Patterning (Chemical Signals) 199<br />

7.2.2 Nanotopography 205<br />

7.2.3 Nanoscale Measurement: Challenges <strong>and</strong> Opportunities for AFM 209<br />

7.3 AFM in Cell Measurement 211<br />

7.3.1 AFM Imaging of Cells 211<br />

7.3.2 Elasticity Measurement of Living Cells 214<br />

7.4 Conclusions 217<br />

Acknowledgements 219<br />

Abbreviations <strong>and</strong> Symbols 219<br />

References 220<br />

7.1 IntroduCtIon<br />

Cells live in a complex extracellular matrix (ECM), which consists of<br />

neighbouring cells, proteins <strong>and</strong> extracellular fluids, inside the bodies of<br />

animals <strong>and</strong> plants. Cells constantly monitor the chemical <strong>and</strong> physical<br />

signals from their surroundings <strong>and</strong> react accordingly. A large body of<br />

Atomic Force Microscopy in Process Engineering 195<br />

© 2009, Elsevier Ltd

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