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. 2017 Mar 20;4:5. doi: 10.1186/s40580-017-0099-9

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

a Optical image of AFM tips positioning on the target cell. b Typical force-separation curve for a fixed cell (4% PFA-treated cell), live cell, and solid substrate. Compared to live cells, the slope of fixed cells approach curve is steeper, indicating a significantly larger Young’s modulus for fixed cells