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American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, 8(3), p. 2090-2094, 2009

DOI: 10.1021/nn900473y

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Mechanical Interferometry of Nanoscale Motion and Local Mechanical Properties of Living Zebrafish Embryos

Journal article published in 2009 by Jason Reed, Siddarth Ramakrishnan, Joanna Schmit, James K. Gimzewski ORCID
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Abstract

We present an interferometric imaging technique that permits local measurement of mechanical properties and nanomechanical motion in small living animals. Measurements of nanomechanical properties and spatially resolved pulsations of <60 nm were recorded for the developing eye of a living zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo, an important model organism. We also used magnetic microreflectors to conduct contact nanomechanical indentation measurements of the stiffness of the embryonic eye.