Atomic force microscopy : biomedical methods and applications / edited by Pier Carlo Braga, Davide Ricci.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Braga, Pier Carlo.

Ricci, Davide.

Series:

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 242.

Methods in molecular biology ; 242

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atomic force microscopy.

Microscopy, Atomic Force--methods.

Molecular Biology--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Microscopy, Atomic Force--methods.

Molecular Biology--methods.

Physical Description:

xiv, 394 pages : illustrations ; cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004]

Summary:

Highly experienced physicians and biologists clearly explain the basic technical knowledge needed to use AFM and demonstrate its multifarious uses in biomedicine and the life sciences. The applications range widely from morphostructural analyses of cellular structures, to the investigation of subcellular structures, to functional investigations, and reveal a powerful new way of looking at biological samples. The methods clearly demonstrate the advantages of AFM over traditional life science microscopy, among them simultaneous very high magnification and resolution, minimal tissue and cell preparation, and the ability to obtain different views of the sample from a single data collection.

Contents:

How the Atomic Force microscope works / Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga

Imaging methods in atomic force microscopy / Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga

Recognizing and avoiding artifacts in AFM imaging / Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga

Advanced biosensing using micromechanical cantilever arrays / Martin Hegner and Youri Arntz

Analysis of human fibroblasts by atomic force microscopy / Gillian R. Bushell ... [et al.]

Corneal tissue observed by atomic force microscopy / Stylliani Lydataki ... [et al.]

AFM study of surface structure changes in mouse spermatozoa associated with maturation / Hiroko Takano and Kazuhiro Abe

Calculation of cuticle step heights from AFM images of outer surfaces of human hair / James R. Smith

Imaging living chondrocyte surface structures with AFM contact mode / Gerlinde Bischoff ... [et al.]

Growth cones of living neurons probed by atomic force microscopy / Davide Ricci, Massimo Grattarola, and Mariateresa Tedesco

Evaluating demineralization and mechanical properties of human dentin with AFM / Grayson W. Marshall Jr., ... [et al.]

Applying atomic force microscopy to studies in cardiac physiology / Jason J. Davis, Trevor Powell, and H. Allen O. Hill

Imaging bacterial shape, surface, and appendages before and after treatments with antibiotics / Pier Carlo Braga and Davide Ricci

Visualizing nuclear structure In Situ by atomic force microscopy / Luis Felipe Jimenez-Garcia and Maria de Lourdes Segura-Valdez

Imaging surface and submembranous structures in living cells with the atomic force microscope: notes and tricks / Filip Braet and Eddie Wisse

Atomic force microscopy of protein complexes / Olga I. Kiselyova and Igor V. Yaminsky

Atomic force microscopy of interfacial monomolecular films of pulmonary surfactant / Kaushik Nag ... [et al.]

High-resolution analysis of the 3D organization of human metaphase chromosomes / Stefan Thalhammer ... [et al.]

Shape and volume of living aldosterone-sensitive cells imaged with the atomic force microscope / Stefan W. Schneider ... [et al.]

Localization of epithelial sodium channels by atomic force microscopy / Peter R. Smith and Dale J. Benos

High-resolution imaging of bacteriorhodopsin by atomic force microscopy / Dimitrios Fotiadis and Andreas Engel

Measurement of mechanical properties of intact endothelial cells in fresh arteries / Hiroshi Miyazaki and Kozaburo Hayashi

Observation of oxidative stress on yeast cells / Ricardo de Souza Pereira

Lymphoblastoid cells exposed to low-frequency magnetic fields: study by atomic force microscopy / Settimio Grimaldi, Marco Girasole, and Antonio Cricenti

Sample preparation method for observing RNA polymerase activity by atomic force microscopy / Sandor Kasas

Atomic force microscopy of B-Amyloid: static and dynamic studies of nanostructure and its formation / Justin Legleiter and Tomasz Kowalewski

How to build up biosensors with the cantilever of the atomic force microscope / Ricardo de Souza Pereira

Measurement of single molecular interactions by dynamic force microscopy / Martin Hegner, Wilfried Grange, and Patricia Bertoncini.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1588290948

1592596479

OCLC:

52553942