AFM Soft Matter Imaging (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

AFM Soft Matter Imaging

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By placing a nanowire cantilever in the focus of a laser beam and detecting the resulting light pattern, scientists at the Molecular Foundry could use atomic force microscopy to non-destructively image the surface of a biological cell (green and blue structure) and the proteins (shown in brown) associated with it.

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Illustration by Flavio Robles, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs

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