Atomic force microscopy methodology and AFMech Suite software for nanomechanics on heterogeneous soft materials

Massimiliano Galluzzi; Guanlin Tang; Chandra S. Biswas; Jinlai Zhao; Shiguo Chen; Florian J. Stadler

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05902-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Atomic force microscopy methodology and AFMech Suite software for nanomechanics on heterogeneous soft materials

Massimiliano Galluzzi,
Guanlin Tang,
Chandra S. Biswas,
Jinlai Zhao,
Shiguo Chen,
Florian J. Stadler

Affiliations

Massimiliano Galluzzi: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Nanshan District Key Lab for Biopolymers and Safety Evaluation, Shenzhen University
Guanlin Tang: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Nanshan District Key Lab for Biopolymers and Safety Evaluation, Shenzhen University
Chandra S. Biswas: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Nanshan District Key Lab for Biopolymers and Safety Evaluation, Shenzhen University
Jinlai Zhao: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Nanshan District Key Lab for Biopolymers and Safety Evaluation, Shenzhen University
Shiguo Chen: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Nanshan District Key Lab for Biopolymers and Safety Evaluation, Shenzhen University
Florian J. Stadler: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, Nanshan District Key Lab for Biopolymers and Safety Evaluation, Shenzhen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05902-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Atomic force microscopy is an indispensable method in characterizing soft materials but the complexity of biological samples makes reproducible measurements difficult. Here the authors use a 3-step method to investigate biological specimens in which vertical and lateral heterogeneity hinders a precise quantitative characterization.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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