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Fifteen-Piconewton Force Detection from Neural Growth Cones Using Nanowire Arrays

“…The method we present here has a great potential. One of its advantages is that the forces are measured in situ, thereby avoiding artifacts due to cell drying. , Another advantage is the high number of probes that such arrays can offer: the field of view with the 63x objective is 143 × 143 μm 2 , making it possible to probe more than 23000 points simultaneously when having a 1 μm spacing between the wires. The homogeneity in the nanowire sizes is a crucial component, without which there would be a high uncertainty associated with the force calculation.…”