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Geometric Confinement Influences Cellular Mechanical Properties I -- Adhesion Area Dependence

Judith Su^∗, Xingyu Jiang^†, Roy Welsch^‡, George M. Whitesides^§, Peter T. C. So^¶

∗ Department of MechanicalEngineering, MIT. Present address: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Option, Caltech.
† Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University. Present address: National Center for NanoScienceand Technology,China.
‡ Statistics and ManagementScience, MIT.
§ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
¶ Department of Biological Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT.