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Nonlinear Elastic and Viscoelastic Deformation of the Human Red Blood Cell with Optical Tweezers

J. P. Mills^1,1, L. Qie^2,2, M. Dao^1,1, C. T. Lim^2,2, S. Suresh^1,3

1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
2 Division of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore,Singapore 117576, Singapore.
3 Division of Biological Engineering (e-mail: ssuresh@mit.edu),Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139,USA.