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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 19.
Published in final edited form as: Acc Chem Res. 2017 Nov 21;50(12):2915–2924. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00305

Figure 2. Schematic of current technologies to image cell forces.

Figure 2.

(A) Scheme depicting traction force microscopy (TFM) and single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS). Adapted with permission from ref 19. Copyright (2016) Nature Publishing Group, and ref 20. Copyright (2003) Elsevier. (B) Simplified diagram that shows how tension probes report on cell forces.