Research Article

Nanoscale Deformation and Nanomechanical Properties of Soft Matter Study Cases: Polydimethylsiloxane, Cells and Tissues

Figure 8

Scanning electron micrographs of (a) pyramidal and (b) spherical tips used in agarose gels (bar = 1 μm), where the spherical shape is noted in circle. The inset shows the blunted pyramidal approximation (bar = 100 nm) [91].
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