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High-Aspect-Ratio Gold Nanorods: Their Synthesis and Application to Image Cell-Induced Strain Fields in Collagen Films
Gold nanoparticles are receiving considerable attention due to their novel properties and the potential variety of their uses. Long gold nanorods with dimensions of approximately 20 × 400 nm exhibit strong lig...
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Diffusion Linked Solidification Model of Axisymmetric Growth of Gold Nanorods
Colloidal gold nanospheres have been used in a variety of applications since the Middle Ages, when artisans blended tissue paper thin gold sheets into molten glass, creating stained glass panels with rich ruby...
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Adaptive Changes in Cardiac Fibroblast Morphology and Collagen Organization as a Result of Mechanical Environment
There is a growing body of work in the literature that demonstrates the significant differences between 2D versus 3D environments in cell morphologies, spatial organization, cell–ECM interactions, and cell sig...