AFM based fast SICM: True contactless nanoscale imaging of biological samples

• Unité de recherche: INNOSUISSE
• Numéro de projet: 18330.1 PFNM-NM
• Titre du projet anglais: AFM based fast SICM: True contactless nanoscale imaging of biological samples

Description succincte (Allemand)

AFM based fast Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy: True contactless nanoscale imaging of biological samples

Description succincte (Anglais)

AFM based fast SICM: True contactless nanoscale imaging of biological samples

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Allemand)

A new Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM) method will be developed that is based on AFM and hollow cantilevers. Compared to conventional SICM it is more than 10 times faster and much easier to use. For the first time a commercial AFM can be offered for contact free imaging of living cells with nanometer resolution, under physiological conditions. This allows for example the study of stem cell differentiation, bacterial growth and cell motility.

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

A new Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM) method will be developed that is based on AFM and hollow cantilevers. Compared to conventional SICM it is more than 10 times faster and much easier to use. For the first time a commercial AFM can be offered for contact free imaging of living cells with nanometer resolution, under physiological conditions. This allows for example the study of stem cell differentiation, bacterial growth and cell motility.