Figure 1.

Scheme of the micropipette-aspiration experiments. (A) Experimental setup was used to simultaneously adjust the differential pressure ΔP, the temperature and the position of the micropipette, and the representative sequence of images of an experiment. (B) The graph shows two types of curves for the differential pressure ΔP applied over time: creep experiments at constant pressure (dashed line) and ramp experiments (solid line). (C) Plot of the aspirated length as a function of time for the two types of experiments. To see this figure in color, go online.