Imaging the internal and external pore structure of membranes in fluid: TappingMode scanning ion conductance microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2155-2157

  Proksch, Roger ^a,b   Lal, Ratnesh ^a   Hansma, Paul K ^a   Morse, Dan ^a   Stucky, Galen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROPIPETTE; SENSOR;

EID: 0029818020     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79416-X     Document Type: Article

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