Fast, high-resolution, non-destructive and quantitative characterization methods are needed
to develop materials with tailored properties at the nanoscale or to understand the …

Tissue mechanobiology is an emerging field with the overarching goal of understanding the
interplay between biophysical and biochemical responses affecting development …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has found a wide range of bio-applications in the past few
decades due to its ability to measure biological samples in natural environments at a high …

Over the past several decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has advanced from a
technique used primarily for surface topography imaging to one capable of characterizing a …

Recently, much research has been performed involving the mechanical analysis of
biological and polymeric samples with the use of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Such …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques have provided and continue to provide
increasingly important insights into surface morphology, mechanics, and other critical …

Countless biophysical studies have sought distinct markers in the cellular mechanical
response that could be linked to morphogenesis, homeostasis, and disease. Here, an …

Probe-induced soft sample damage in atomic force microscopy (AFM), as well as the
resulting alteration of local mechanical and electrical properties of the material are explored …

Force–distance curve experiments are commonly performed in atomic force microscopy
(AFM) to obtain the viscoelastic characteristics of materials, such as the storage and loss …

Viscoelastic characterization of materials at the micro-and the nanoscale is commonly
performed with the aid of force–distance relationships acquired using atomic force …