The NanoWizard ® 3 BioScience AFM is the only AFM system on the market that is designed for optimal use in liquid and comes with a vapor barrier, encapsulated piezos and a variety of dedicated ...

AFM is powerful in imaging cell surface morphology and membrane structure to provide valuable information for the evaluation of drug activity and drug mechanism. AFM-based single-molecule force ...

A new mechanical membrane-based AFM (atomic force microscopy) probe is proposed for measuring interaction forces between its tip and a substrate together with the topography of the substrate. The ...

Figure 1: AFM techniques to characterize and manipulate ... The technique has also been used to probe cell surface properties and to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion.

A liquid cell containing water allows viscosity measurements of the water to be collected with an atomic force microscope. A study led by Elisa Riedo, an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech ...

Department of Physiology, Division of Life Science, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki, Japan ...

The membrane that surrounds cells in living organisms is extremely flexible and sensitive. How it protects itself from damage ...

The combination of two imaging methods, each with its own limitations, brings researchers closer to the goal of describing the complexity of membrane ... in the atomic force microscopy (AFM ...

A new study by Rice University researchers led by Jason Hafner could open new pathways for understanding how cholesterol ...

It is one of the most fundamental questions in science: how can lifeless molecules come together to form a living cell? Bert ...

Ann Wehman, Ph.D., joins Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics to focus on cell biology research and teaching genetics.

AFM is powerful in imaging cell surface morphology and membrane structure to provide valuable information for the evaluation of drug activity and drug mechanism. AFM-based single-molecule force ...