Photothermal Off-Resonance Tapping for Rapid and Gentle Atomic Force Imaging of Live Cells
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Thrombocyte Imaging
2.2. Bacterial Imaging
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Thrombocyte Preparation
4.2. Bacteria Preparation
4.3. AFM Imaging
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AFM | Atomic force microscopy |
FPGA | Field Programmable Gate Array |
HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
PLL | Poly-l-lysine |
PORT | Photothermal off-resonance tapping |
TRIS | tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane |
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Nievergelt, A.P.; Brillard, C.; Eskandarian, H.A.; McKinney, J.D.; Fantner, G.E. Photothermal Off-Resonance Tapping for Rapid and Gentle Atomic Force Imaging of Live Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 2984. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19102984
Nievergelt AP, Brillard C, Eskandarian HA, McKinney JD, Fantner GE. Photothermal Off-Resonance Tapping for Rapid and Gentle Atomic Force Imaging of Live Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(10):2984. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19102984
Chicago/Turabian StyleNievergelt, Adrian P., Charlène Brillard, Haig A. Eskandarian, John D. McKinney, and Georg E. Fantner. 2018. "Photothermal Off-Resonance Tapping for Rapid and Gentle Atomic Force Imaging of Live Cells" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, no. 10: 2984. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19102984