Research Article

Properties of Cartilage on Micro- and Nanolevel

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Scheme of the indentation with AFM: (a) schematic diagram of AFM with laser-beam system of the cantilever deflection detection; (b) geometry set of the elastic modulus calculation; (c) AFM probe tip used as indenter for nanometer-level measurement; (d) ball indenter for macrolevel measurement.
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