News tagged with force microscopy
Biochemists identify how tissue cells detect and perfect
Scientists have discovered how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties accordingly. The findings, published today [6 October] in the journal Developmental Cell, could open up new opportunities for im ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Are those liquids explosive?
A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has developed a method to determine the chemical composition of liquids seized by police and suspected to be explosive. Some of the samples ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Researchers observe nanoscale charge transport in bulk heterojunction solar cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the CNST have used photoconductive atomic force microscopy (PCAFM) to characterize the nanoscale structure of organic photovoltaic (OPV) materials, and have performed a careful assessment of ...
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Engineers show dynamic experimental evidence for phenomenon of spreading drops
The spreading of a liquid drop on a solid surface is a simple, everyday phenomenon. And while it is known that when a drop of oil is placed on a solid surface, its radius increases as its thickness decreases, the mechanisms ...
Jul 01, 2011 |
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Northwestern research team turns theory of static electricity on its head
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bartosz Grzybowski, a physical chemist at Northwestern University, and his team of colleagues offer evidence in a paper published in Science, that shows that what scientists have believed to be ...
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Seeing an atomic thickness
Scientists from NPL, in collaboration with Linkoping University, Sweden, have shown that regions of graphene of different thickness can be easily identified in ambient conditions using Electrostatic Force ...
May 19, 2011 |
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The use of a different resonance in atomic force microscopy enhances resolution
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a highly sensitive form of microscopy that makes it possible to map a surface with near-atomic resolution. Shaw Wei Kok and colleagues from A*STAR’s Singapore Institute ...
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Getting the point: Real-time monitoring of atomic-microscope probes adjusts for wear
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a way to measure the wear and degradation of the microscopic probes used to study nanoscale structures in situ and as it’s ...
Mar 31, 2011 |
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DNA engine observed in real-time traveling along base pair track
In a complex feat of nanoengineering, a team of scientists at Kyoto University and the University of Oxford have succeeded in creating a programable molecular transport system, the workings of which can be observed in real ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 06, 2011 |
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AFM positioning: Shining light on a needle in a haystack
The researchers characterize their new technique as a neat solution to the "needle in a haystack" problem of nanoscale microscopy, but it's more like the difference between finding the coffee table in a darkened ...
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Key Parkinson's clue could be protein aggregate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Proteins perform almost every function our bodies require for life. But, they also can misbehave in myriad ways. By retracing the history of each abnormal reaction, biochemists aim to determine ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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AFM tips from the microwave
Scientists from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany) have succeeded in improving a fabrication process for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probe tips.
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Researchers develop method for curbing growth of crystals that form kidney stones
Researchers have developed a method for curbing the growth of crystals that form cystine kidney stones. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Science, may offer a pathway to a new method for the pr ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Berkeley lab scientists reveal path to protein crystallization (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Growth of two-dimensional S-layer crystals on supported lipid bilayers observed in solution using in situ atomic force microscopy. This movie shows proteins sticking onto the supported lipid ...
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Scientists achieve highest-resolution MRI of a magnet
In a development that holds potential for both data storage and biomedical imaging, Ohio State University researchers have used a new technique to obtain the highest-ever resolution MRI scan of the inside ...
Aug 11, 2010 |
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