Mapping mechanical properties of biological materials via an add-on Brillouin module to confocal microscopes

Jitao Zhang, Giuliano Scarcelli

Published: 2021-01-14 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-00457-2

Brillouin microscopy

biological materials

mechanical properties

noncontact measurement

data acquisition

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