Wide-area scanner for high-speed atomic force microscopy

• Published in: Review of scientific instruments Vol. 84; no. 5; p. 053702
• Main Authors: Watanabe, Hiroki, Uchihashi, Takayuki, Kobashi, Toshihide, Shibata, Mikihiro, Nishiyama, Jun, Yasuda, Ryohei, Ando, Toshio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2013
• Subjects: Actins - metabolism; Bacillus subtilis - cytology; Bacteriolysis; Endocytosis; HeLa Cells; Humans; Microscopy, Atomic Force - instrumentation; Muramidase - metabolism

High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) has recently been established. The dynamic processes and structural dynamics of protein molecules in action have been successfully visualized using HS-AFM. However, its maximum scan ranges in the X- and Y-directions have been limited to ~1 μm and ~4 μm, re...