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Stiffness Tomography by Atomic Force Microscopy

Roduit, Charles  
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Sekatski, Serguei  
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Dietler, Giovanni  
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2009
Biophysical Journal

The atomic force microscope is a convenient tool to probe living samples at the nanometric scale. Among its numerous capabilities, the instrument can be operated as a namo-indenter to gather information about the mechanical properties of the sample. In this operating mode, the deformation of the cantilever is displayed as a function of the indentation depth of the tip into the sample. Fitting this curve with different theoretical models permits us to estimate the Young's modulus of the sample at the indentation spot. We describe what to our knowledge is a new technique to process these curves to distinguish structures of different stiffness buried into the bulk of the sample. The working principle of this new imaging technique has been verified by finite element models and successfully applied to living cells.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.bpj.2009.05.010
Web of Science ID

WOS:000268428700029

Author(s)
Roduit, Charles  
Sekatski, Serguei  
Dietler, Giovanni  
Catsicas, Stefan  
Lafont, Frank
Kasas, Sandor  
Date Issued

2009

Published in
Biophysical Journal
Volume

97

Start page

674

End page

677

Subjects

LIVING CELLS

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HETEROGENEITY

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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February 9, 2010
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