W. Richard Bowen and Nidal Hilal 4

A
Actin stress fiber, 197
Adhesion, 67–70, 198, 202, 226, 234, 246
drug particles, 174–76, 178–79, 182, 184
forces, 67–70, 81, 91–93, 97, 141–43,
151–63, 164–66
particles to bubbles, 83–85, 90, 91
particles to membranes, 112, 113, 122
Adhesives, 248–49
AFM-optical microscope, 211
Aggregation, 229, 236
Apparatus coefficient, 255
Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD), 197, 203–04
Atomic force acoustic microscopy, 252
B
Biaxial extension, 248
Biocompatibility, 226
Biofilms, 135
Block copolymer, 228, 236–237
Boundary conditions, 49
charge regulation, 49
constant surface charge, 49
constant surface potential, 49
constant zeta potential, 49
Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA), 49
C
Capillary forces, 10, 15, 18, 90, 94, 230
Cauchy Plot, 41
Cavitation, 246–47, 259–61
Cell membrane, 197
Collagen fibres, 205
Cell model, 52
Cell probe, 113
Charging of surface, 44
Chemisorption, 227
Chloride ion binding, 51
Coating flows, 247
Colloid probe, 22–23, 32, 55, 69, 111, 112,
210, 248, 253–55, 265–67
coated, 113
membrane measurements, 151–63, 164–66
particle bubble measurements, 82, 91–93,
96, 99
Index
281
Colloidal gas aphrons, 95–97
Colloidal lithography, 203, 207
Cytoplasm, 197
Cytoskeleton, 197, 212, 217
Complex modulus, 252–53
Confined fluids, 252–56, 259–67
Contact angles, 88–91
Contact mode, 9
Convolution, 230–31
Corrosion metal, 132
Counterions, 47
Critical flux, 123
D
Damping coefficient, 254–55
Density, 247, 256–59
Derjaguin approximation, 33
Derjaguin, Muller Toporov model,
67, 178
Dewetting, 229, 236
DLVO theory, 53–54, 154
forces, 54–58, 91, 93
DMT model, see Derjaguin, Muller Toporov
model
Dry powder inhalator, 174–76
Dynamic AFM, 2, 10–11, 249–56
E
Effective stiffness, 43
Elastic modulus, 180–81
see also Young’s modulus
Elasticity, 214
Electrical double layer interactions, 47–53
analytical solutions, 47
numerical solutions, 48
Electromechanical oscillator, 252
Electron beam lithography (EBL), 203, 208
Extracellular matrix (ECM), 195, 205
proteins, 196, 197, 207
Electropolishing, 130
Electrostatic interactions, 111, 121, 227
Entropic elasticity, 234
Exponential damping length, 258
Extensional flow, 261
Extensional rheometer, 261