Physical forces and mechanical properties have critical roles in cellular function, physiology and disease. Over the past decade, atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques have enabled substantial ...

The intracellular environment is a complex and crowded sea of biomolecules, buffeted by incessant motion from Brownian thermal fluctuations and biological activity. Cellular function is achieved by ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight – Application Note) In the realm of nanomechanical measurements, AFM is especially suited to working with soft materials due to its piconewton force resolution and sub-nanometer ...