Properties of Cartilage on Micro- and Nanolevel

Results of investigation of the elastic modulus for cartilage tissue using a technique of micro- and nanoindentation performed with help of an atomic force microscope are presented. SEM and AFM methods were applied to visualize a topography of surface layers of the entire cartilage and as well as it...

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Main Authors: Sergei A. Chizhik, Krzysztof Wierzcholski, Anastasia V. Trushko, Mariya A. Zhytkova, Andrzej Miszczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Tribology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/243150