Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations. Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve smaller and smaller ...

Within a decade, this unconventional microscope has evolved into a multifunctional ... Decreasing the size of cantilevers should improve the force resolution, thereby permitting smaller forces ...

Current optical and electron microscopy imaging techniques are not suited for measuring the dynamic characteristics of living microorganisms at tiny scales due to complex sample preparation methods or ...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful technique that enables surface ultrastructure ... Many times, scientists obtain low resolution images while studying highly dynamic biomolecules such as ...

Schematic illustration of Friction Force Microscopy (FFM). The AFM cantilever ... as the constant contact can cause damage to soft or delicate samples. Dynamic mode FFM, also known as tapping mode or ...

such as Kelvin probe force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy, to obtain complementary information about the electronic and magnetic properties of materials. Future perspectives in MFM ...

[Andres] is working with an Atomic Force Microscope, a device that drags a small needle across a surface to produce an image with incredible resolution. The AFM can produce native .STL files ...

Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve ... high-speed in-line force mapping (HS-iFM), to acquire dynamic, mechanical force measurements at the speed and resolution required for living ...

like piezoelectric force microscopy (PFM), force and electric nanolithographies, frequency modulation AFM (dynamic force microscopy with built-in PLL), and Kelvin Probe Microscopy. The scanning ...

Escherichia coli bacteria imaged by high-speed inline force mapping and fluorescence microscopy. Simultaneous topography and elastic modulus maps show a stiffening of the division site.