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Part I General Atomic Force Microscopy |
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1.1 Atomic Force Microscope: Principles |
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1.2 Piezoelectric Scanners |
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1.2.1 Piezoelectric Scanners for Imaging in Liquids |
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1.3.1 Cantilever Calibration |
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1.3.2 Tips and Cantilevers for Imaging in Liquids |
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1.3.3 Cantilever Dynamics in Liquids |
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1.4 Force Detection Methods for Imaging in Liquids |
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1.4.1 Piezoelectric Cantilevers and Tuning Forks |
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1.4.2 Laser Beam Deflection Method |
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1.4.2.1 Liquid Cells and Beam Deflection |
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1.5 AFM Operation Modes: Contact, Jumping/Pulsed, Dynamic |
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1.5.2 Jumping and Pulsed Force Mode |
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1.5.3.1 Liquid Cells and Dynamic Modes |
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1.8 Artifacts and Resolution Limits |
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1.8.1 Artifacts Related to the Geometry of the Tip |
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1.8.2 Artifacts Related to the Feedback Loop |
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30 | (1) |
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32 | (3) |
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2 Carbon Nanotube Tips in Atomic Force Microscopy with Applications to Imaging in Liquid |
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2.2 Fabrication of CNT AFM Probes |
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2.2.1 Mechanical Attachment |
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2.2.2 CNT Attachment Techniques Employing Magnetic and Electric Fields |
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2.2.3 Direct Growth of CNT Tips |
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2.2.4 Emerging CNT Attachment Techniques |
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2.2.5 Postfabrication Modification of the CNT Tip |
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2.2.5.2 Coating with Metal |
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2.3 Chemical Functionalization |
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2.3.1 Functionalization of the CNT Free End |
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2.3.2 Coating the CNT Sidewall |
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2.4 Mechanical Properties of CNTs in Relation to AFM Applications |
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2.4.1 CNT Atomic Structure |
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2.4.2 Mechanical Properties of CNT AFM Tips |
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2.5 Dynamics of CNT Tips in Liquid |
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2.5.1 Interaction of Microfabricated AFM Tips and Cantilevers in Liquid |
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2.5.2 CNT AFM Tips in Liquid |
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2.5.3 Interaction of CNT with Liquids |
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2.5.3.1 CNT Tips at the Air-Liquid Interface During Approach |
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2.5.3.2 CNT Tips at the Liquid-Solid Interface |
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2.5.3.3 CNT Tips at the Air-Liquid Interface during Withdrawal |
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58 | (1) |
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2.6 Performance and Resolution of CNT Tips in Liquid |
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58 | (7) |
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2.6.1 Performance of CNT AFM Tips When Imaging in Liquid |
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58 | (1) |
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2.6.2 Biological Imaging in Liquid Medium with CNT AFM Tips |
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59 | (1) |
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2.6.3 Cell Membrane Penetration and Applications of Intracellular CNT AFM Probes |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (4) |
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3.2 Measurement of Force Curves |
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3.2.1 Analysis of Force Curves Taken in Air |
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3.2.2 Analysis of Force Curves in a Liquid |
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3.3 Measuring Surface Forces by the Surface Force Apparatus |
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3.4 Forces between Macroscopic Bodies |
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3.5 Theory of DLVO Forces between Two Surfaces |
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3.6 Van der Waals Forces - the Hamaker Constant |
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3.7 Electrostatic Force between Surfaces in a Liquid |
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3.8 Spatially Resolved Force Spectroscopy |
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3.9 Force Spectroscopy Imaging of Single DNA Molecules |
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79 | (2) |
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4 Dynamic-Mode AFM in Liquid |
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87 | (1) |
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4.2.1 Amplitude and Phase Modulation AFM (AM- and PM-AFM) |
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4.2.2 Frequency-Modulation AFM (FM-AFM) |
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89 | (1) |
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4.3.1 Cantilever Excitation |
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4.3.2 Cantilever Deflection Measurement |
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4.3.3 Operating Conditions |
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4.4 Quantitative Force Measurements |
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4.4.1 Calibration of Spring Constant |
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4.4.2 Conservative and dissipative forces |
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4.4.3 Solvation Force Measurements |
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4.4.3.1 Inorganic Solids in Nonpolar Liquids |
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4.4.3.2 Measurements in Pure Water |
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4.4.3.3 Solvation Forces in Biological Systems |
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4.4.4 Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy |
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4.4.4.1 Unfolding and "Stretching" of Biomolecules |
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4.4.4.2 Ligand-Receptor Interactions |
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4.5 High-Resolution Imaging |
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4.5.2 Biomolecular Assemblies |
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4.6 Summary and Future Prospects |
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5 Fundamentals of AFM Cantilever Dynamics in Liquid Environments |
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121 | (1) |
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5.2 Review of Fundamentals of Cantilever Oscillation |
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5.3 Hydrodynamics of Cantilevers in Liquids |
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123 | (3) |
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5.4 Methods of Dynamic Excitation |
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5.4.1 Review of Cantilever Excitation Methods |
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5.4.2.2 Ideal Piezo/Acoustic |
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5.4.2.4 Comparison of Excitation Methods |
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5.4.3 Practical Considerations for Acoustic Method |
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135 | (2) |
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5.4.4 Photothermal Method |
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137 | (3) |
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5.4.5 Frequency Modulation Considerations in Liquids |
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140 | (1) |
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5.5 Dynamics of Cantilevers Interacting with Samples in Liquids |
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5.5.1 Experimental Observations of Oscillating Probes Interacting with Samples in Liquids |
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5.5.2 Modeling and Numerical Simulations of Oscillating Probes Interacting with Samples in Liquids |
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142 | (3) |
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5.5.3 Compositional Mapping in Liquids |
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145 | (3) |
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5.5.4 Implications for Force Spectroscopy in Liquids |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (7) |
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6 Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy |
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6.1.1 Why Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy? |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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6.1.3 SMFS Techniques and Ranges |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (6) |
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160 | (3) |
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6.3 Dynamics of Adhesion Bonds |
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6.3.1 Bond Dissociation Dynamics in Length Clamp |
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165 | (2) |
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6.3.2 General Considerations |
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167 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Bond Dissociation Dynamics in Force Clamp |
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6.3.3.1 The Need for Robust Statistics |
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6.4 Specific versus Other Interactions |
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169 | (7) |
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6.4.1 Intramolecular Single-Molecule Markers |
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170 | (1) |
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6.4.1.1 The Wormlike Chain: an Elasticity Model |
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170 | (1) |
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6.4.1.3 DNA and Polysaccharides |
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6.4.2 Intermolecular Single-Molecule Markers |
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174 | (2) |
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6.5 Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations |
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176 | (1) |
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6.6 Biological Findings Using AFM-SMFS |
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177 | (5) |
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6.6.1 Titin as an Adjustable Molecular Spring in the Muscle Sarcomere |
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177 | (3) |
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6.6.2 Monitoring the Folding Process by Force-Clamp Spectroscopy |
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180 | (1) |
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6.6.3 Intermolecular Binding Forces and Energies in Pairs of Biomolecules |
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6.6.4 New Insights in Catalysis Revealed at the Single-Molecule Level |
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7 High-Speed AFM for Observing Dynamic Processes in Liquid |
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7.2 Theoretical Derivation of Imaging Rate and Feedback Bandwidth |
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7.2.1 Imaging Time and Feedback Bandwidth |
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190 | (1) |
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7.3 Techniques Realizing High-Speed Bio-AFM |
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192 | (8) |
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7.3.2 Fast Amplitude Detector |
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194 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Active Damping Techniques |
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7.3.5 Suppression of Parachuting |
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7.3.6 Fast Phase Detector |
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199 | (1) |
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7.4.1 Supported Planar Lipid Bilayers |
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200 | (1) |
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7.4.1.1 Choice of Alkyl Chains |
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7.4.1.2 Choice of Head Groups |
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7.4.2 Streptavidin 2D Crystal Surface |
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7.5 Imaging of Dynamic Molecular Processes |
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7.5.1 Bacteriorhodopsin Crystal Edge |
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203 | (1) |
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7.5.2 Photoactivation of Bacteriorhodopsin |
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7.6 Future Prospects of High-Speed AFM |
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7.6.1 Imaging Rate and Low Invasiveness |
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206 | (1) |
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7.6.2 High-Speed AFM Combined with Fluorescence Microscope |
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207 | (4) |
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207 | (4) |
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8 Integration of AFM with Optical Microscopy Techniques |
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211 | (20) |
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8.1.1 Combining AFM with Fluorescence Microscopy |
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214 | (1) |
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8.1.1.1 Epifluorescence Microscopy |
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214 | (1) |
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8.1.2 Examples of Applications |
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8.1.2.1 Ca2+ Fluorescence Microscopy |
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215 | (2) |
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8.1.2.2 AFM - Epifluorescence Microscopy |
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217 | (1) |
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8.2 Combining AFM with IRM and TIRF microscopy |
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8.2.1 Interference Reflection Microscopy |
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217 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy |
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218 | (1) |
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8.2.2.2 Applications of Combined AFM-TIRF and AFM-IRM Microscopy |
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220 | (1) |
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8.3 Combining AFM and FRET |
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221 | (1) |
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8.3.2 FRET and Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM) |
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222 | (1) |
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8.5 Sample Preparation and Experiment Setup |
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223 | (8) |
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8.5.1 Cell Culture, Transfection, and Fura-Loading |
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223 | (1) |
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8.5.2 Cantilever Preparation |
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224 | (1) |
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8.5.3 Typical Experimental Procedure |
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Part II Biological Applications |
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9 AFM Imaging in Liquid of DNA and Protein-DNA Complexes |
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9.1 Overview: the Study of DNA at Nanoscale Resolution |
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233 | (1) |
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9.2 Sample Preparation for AFM Imaging of DNA and Protein-DNA Complexes |
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234 | (2) |
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9.3 AFM of DNA in Aqueous Solutions |
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236 | (3) |
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9.3.1 Elevated Resolution in Aqueous Solutions |
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236 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Segmental Mobility of DNA |
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237 | (2) |
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9.4 AFM Imaging of Alternative DNA Conformations |
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239 | (8) |
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239 | (5) |
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9.4.2 Intramolecular Triple Helices |
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244 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Four-Way DNA Junctions and DNA Recombination |
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245 | (2) |
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9.5 Dynamics of Protein-DNA Interactions |
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247 | (6) |
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9.5.1 Site-Specific Protein-DNA Complexes |
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247 | (4) |
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9.5.2 Chromatin Dynamics Time-Lapse AFM |
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251 | (2) |
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254 | (5) |
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10 Stability of Lipid Bilayers as Model Membranes: Atomic Force Microscopy and Spectroscopy Approach |
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10.1 Biological Membranes |
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259 | (4) |
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10.1.2 Supported Lipid Bilayers |
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259 | (4) |
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10.2 Mechanical Characterization of Lipid Membranes |
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10.2.1 Breakthrough Force as a Molecular Fingerprint |
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263 | (2) |
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10.2.2 AFM Tip-Lipid Bilayer Interaction |
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265 | (2) |
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10.2.3 Effect of Chemical Composition on the Mechanical Stability of Lipid Bilayers |
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267 | (1) |
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10.2.4 Effect of Ionic Strength on the Mechanical Stability of Lipid Bilayers |
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10.2.5 Effect of Different Cations on the Mechanical Stability of Lipid Bilayers |
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271 | (2) |
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10.2.6 Effect of Temperature on the Mechanical Stability of Lipid Bilayers |
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10.2.7 The Case of Phase-Segregated Lipid Bilayers |
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274 | (5) |
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279 | (6) |
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11 Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy of Cellular Sensors |
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285 | (3) |
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11.1.1 Mechanosensors in Living Cells |
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11.1.2 Yeast Cell Wall Integrity Sensors: a Valuable Model for Mechanosensing |
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286 | (2) |
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288 | (4) |
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11.2.1 Atomic Force Microscopy of Live Cells |
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288 | (2) |
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11.2.2 AFM Detection of Single Sensors |
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290 | (1) |
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11.2.3 Bringing Yeast Sensors to the Surface |
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291 | (1) |
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11.3 Probing Single Yeast Sensors in Live Cells |
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292 | (10) |
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11.3.1 Measuring Sensor Spring Properties |
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292 | (3) |
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11.3.2 Imaging Sensor Clustering |
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295 | (3) |
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11.3.3 Using Sensors as Molecular Rulers |
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298 | (4) |
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302 | (5) |
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303 | (1) |
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12 AFM-Based Single-Cell Force Spectroscopy |
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307 | (24) |
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307 | (3) |
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310 | (1) |
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12.3 Cantilever Functionalization |
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310 | (1) |
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12.4 Cantilever Calibration |
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311 | (1) |
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12.5 Cell Attachment to the AFM Cantilever |
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311 | (2) |
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12.6 Recording a Force-Distance Curve |
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313 | (2) |
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12.7 Processing F-D Curves |
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315 | (2) |
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12.8 Quantifying Overall Cell Adhesion by SCFS |
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317 | (3) |
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12.9 SFCS with Single-Molecule Resolution |
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320 | (1) |
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12.10 Dynamic Force Spectroscopy |
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321 | (4) |
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12.11 Measuring Cell-Cell Adhesion |
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12.12 Conclusions and Outlook |
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326 | (5) |
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327 | (4) |
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13 Nanosurgical Manipulation of Living Cells with the AFM |
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331 | (24) |
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13.1 Introduction: Mechanical Manipulation of Living Cells |
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331 | (1) |
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13.2 Basic Mechanical Properties of Proteins and Cells |
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331 | (1) |
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13.3 Hole Formation on the Cell Membrane |
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332 | (2) |
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13.4 Extraction of mRNA from Living Cells |
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334 | (1) |
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13.5 DNA Delivery and Gene Expression |
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335 | (3) |
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13.6 Mechanical Manipulation of Intracellular Stress Fibers |
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338 | (5) |
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13.6.1 AFM Used as a Lateral Force Microscope |
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338 | (2) |
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13.6.2 Force Curves and Fluorescence Images under Lateral Force Application |
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340 | (1) |
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13.7 Cellular Adaptation to Local Stresses |
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343 | (1) |
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13.8 Application of Carbon Nanotube Needles |
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344 | (2) |
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13.9 Use of Fabricated AFM Probes with a Hooking Function |
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346 | (2) |
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13.9.1 Result for a Semi-Intact Cell |
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348 | (1) |
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13.9.2 Result for a Living Cell |
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13.10 Membrane Protein Extraction |
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348 | (2) |
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