Atomic force microscopy
Subtitle: biomedical methods and applications
By: edited by Pier Carlo Braga, Davide Ricci
Contributors: Braga, Pier Carlo; Ricci, Davide
Series: Methods in molecular biology -- 242; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) --  242
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Atomic force microscopy
Description: Provides biomedical researchers the hands-on knowledge for using atomic force microscopy in their research. It offers many benefits including high manification with high resolution, minimal tissue or cell preparation, the ability to obtain different views of the sample from a single data collection, and the ability to study live cells in their physiologic environment. The authors begin with an introduction on the basics of atomic force microscopy and then covers specific protocols for the morpho-structural analysis of cellular structures. Also covered are detailed protocols for investigating subcellular structures and the latest techniques for functional investigations using AFM. The 28 chapters should prove to be an essential laboratory manual for all scientists using atomic force microscopy in their biomedical research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: How the Atomic Force microscope works / Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga; title: Imaging methods in atomic force microscopy / Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga; title: Recognizing and avoiding artifacts in AFM imaging / Davide Ricci and Pier Carlo Braga; title: Advanced biosensing using micromechanical cantilever arrays / Martin Hegner and Youri Arntz; title: Analysis of human fibroblasts by atomic force microscopy /  Gillian R. Bushell ... [et al.]; title: Corneal tissue observed by atomic force microscopy Stylliani Lydataki ... [et al.]; title: AFM study of surface structure changes in mouse spermatozoa associated with maturation / Hiroko Takano and Kazuhiro Abe; title: Calculation of cuticle step heights from AFM images of outer surfaces of human hair / James R. Smith; title: Imaging living chondrocyte surface structures with AFM contact mode / Gerlinde Bischoff ... [et al.]; title: Growth cones of living neurons probed by atomic force microscopy / Davide Ricci, Massimo Grattarola, and Mariateresa Tedesco; title: Evaluating demineralization and mechanical properties of human dentin with AFM / Grayson W. Marshall Jr., ... [et al.]; title: Applying atomic force microscopy to studies in cardiac physiology / Jason J. Davis, Trevor Powell, and H. Allen O. Hill; title: Imaging bacterial shape, surface, and appendages before and after treatments with antibiotics / Pier Carlo Braga and Davide Ricci; title: Visualizing nuclear structure In Situ by atomic force microscopy / Luis Felipe Jimnez-Garcia and Mar a de Lourdes Segura-Valdez; title: Imaging surface and submembranous structures in living cells with the atomic force microscope: notes and tricks / Filip Braet and Eddie Wisse; title: Atomic force microscopy of protein complexes / Olga I. Kiselyova and Igor V. Yaminsky; title: Atomic force microscopy of interfacial monomolecular films of pulmonary surfactant / Kaushik Nag ... [et al.]; title: High-resolution analysis of the 3D organization of human metaphase chromosomes / Stefan Thalhammer ... [et al.]; title: Shape and volume of living aldosterone-sensitive cells imaged with the atomic force microscope / Stefan W. Schneider ... [et al.]; title: Localization of epithelial sodium channels by atomic force microscopy / Peter R. Smith and Dale J. Benos; title: High-resolution AFM imaging of bacteriorhodopsin / Dimitrios Fotiadis and Andreas Engel; title: Measurement of mechanical properties of intact endothelial cells in fresh arteries / Hiroshi Miyazaki and Kozaburo Hayashi; title: Observation of oxidative stress on yeast cells / Ricardo de Souza Pereira; title: Lymphoblastoid cells exposed to low-frequency magnetic fields: study by atomic force microscopy / Settimio Grimaldi, Marco Girasole, and Antonio Cricenti; title: Sample preparation method for observing RNA polymerase activity by atomic force microscopy / Sandor Kasas; title: Atomic force microscopy of B-Amyloid: static and dynamic studies of nanostructure and its formation / Justin Legleiter and Tomasz Kowalewski; title: How to build up biosensors with the cantilever of the atomic force microscope / Ricardo de Souza Pereira; title: Measurement of single molecular interactions by dynamic force microscopy / Martin Hegner, Wilfried Grange, and Patricia Bertoncini