Determining the Youngs Modulus of the Bacterial Cell Envelope
Junsung Lee, Karan Jha, Christine E. Harper, Wenyao Zhang, Malissa Ramsukh, Nikolaos Bouklas, Tobias Dörr, Peng Chen, Christopher J. Hernandez
The paper measures the Young's modulus of bacterial cell envelopes in E. coli, V. cholerae, and S. aureus using a microfluidic system and inverse finite element analysis, finding values ranging from 0.12 to 2.06 MPa.
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering · Apr 9, 2024Peer-reviewedBioengineering