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Chapter 8. Adapting AFM Techniques for Studies on Living Cells

  1. Bhanu P. Jena PhD1,
  2. J. K. Heinrich Hörber PhD2
  1. J. K. Heinrich Hörber

Published Online: 4 NOV 2005

DOI: 10.1002/0470007702.ch8

Force Microscopy: Applications in Biology and Medicine

Force Microscopy: Applications in Biology and Medicine

How to Cite

Hörber, J. K. H. (2005) Adapting AFM Techniques for Studies on Living Cells, in Force Microscopy: Applications in Biology and Medicine (eds B. P. Jena and J. K. H. Hörber), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0470007702.ch8

Editor Information

  1. 1

    Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Author Information

  1. Department of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 4 NOV 2005
  2. Published Print: 21 JUN 2006

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471396284

Online ISBN: 9780470007709

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Keywords:

  • adapting AFM techniques in living cell study;
  • combining AFM with optical microscopy;
  • Photonic Force Microscopy (PFM)

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Combining an AFM with Optical Microscopy and Electrophysiological Techniques

  • Photonic Force Microscopy (PFM)–Replacing the Mechanical AFM Cantilever by an Optical Trap

  • References