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Scanned Probe Microscopy in Biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Knute A. Fisher*
Affiliation:
University of California

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Numerous scanned probe microscopes (SPM) have been developed over the past decade. Most are based on the precise positioning of sample and probe using piezoelectric transducers, and some have the capability of imaging flat surfaces with atomic resolution. The first atomic resolution SPM applied to biological samples was the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The atomic force microscope (AFM) was subsequently developed and over the past few years has become the instrument of choice for biological applications.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 1995

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8. Supported by grants from NIDA, nurner DA05043, and NEI, number EY02162.