Ultrastable atomic force microscopy: Improved force and positional stability

FEBS Letters

Volumn 588, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3621-3630

  Churnside, Allison B ^a   Perkins, Thomas T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Force precision; Force spectroscopy; Force stability; Single molecule biophysics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOPHYSICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTABLE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; EQUIPMENT; FORCE PRECISION; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORCE STABILITY; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; SINGLE-MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; FORCE PRECISION; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORCE STABILITY; SINGLE-MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS;

BIOPHYSICS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

EID: 84907854741     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.04.033     Document Type: Review

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