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International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2012, Article ID 685617, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/685617
Research Article

Structural Configuration of Myelin Figures Using Fluorescence Microscopy

Lobat Tayebi,1 Masoud Mozafari,1 Daryoosh Vashaee,2 and Atul N. Parikh3

1Helmerich Advanced Technology Research Center, School of Material Science and Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK 74106, USA
2Helmerich Advanced Technology Research Center, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK 74106, USA
3Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

Received 5 May 2012; Accepted 18 October 2012

Academic Editor: Korkut Yegin

Copyright © 2012 Lobat Tayebi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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