• Title of article

    AFM and FluidFM Technologies: Recent Applications in Molecularand Cellular Biology

  • Author/Authors

    Mazouzi, Driss Materials - NaturalSubstances - EnvironmentandModelingLaboratory - MultidisciplinaryFacultyofTaza - UniversitySidiMohammedBenAbdellah - Fez, Morocco , Amarouch, Mohamed Yassine Materials - NaturalSubstances - EnvironmentandModelingLaboratory - MultidisciplinaryFacultyofTaza - UniversitySidiMohammedBenAbdellah - Fez, Morocco , Hilaly, Jaouad El Materials - NaturalSubstances - EnvironmentandModelingLaboratory - MultidisciplinaryFacultyofTaza - UniversitySidiMohammedBenAbdellah - Fez, Morocco

  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    11
  • Abstract
    Atomicforcemicroscopy(AFM)isawidelyusedimagingtechniqueinmaterialsciences.Afterbecomingastandardsurface-imagingtool,AFMhasbeenproventobeusefulinaddressingseveralbiologicalissuessuchasthecharacterizationofcellorganelles,quantificationofDNA-proteininteractions,celladhesionforces,andelectromechanicalpropertiesoflivingcells.AFMtechniquehasundergonemanysuccessfulimprovementssinceitsinvention,includingfluidicforcemicroscopy(FluidFM),whichcombinesconventionalAFMwithmicrochanneledcantileversforlocalliquiddispensing.Thistechnologypermittedtoovercomechallengeslinkedtosingle-cellanalyses.Indeed,FluidFMallowsisolationandinjectionofsinglecells,force-controlledpatchclampingofbeatingcardiaccells,serialweightingofmicro-objects,andsingle-cellextractionformolecularanalyses.ThisworkaimstoreviewtherecentstudiesofAFMimplementationinmolecularandcellularbiology
  • Keywords
    AFM , FluidFM Technologies , Recent Applications , Molecularand Cellular Biology , Atomicforcemicroscopy(AFM)
  • Journal title
    Scanning
  • Serial Year
    2018
  • Record number

    2613606