Physical forces and mechanical properties have critical roles in cellular function, physiology
and disease. Over the past decade, atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques have …

During the last three decades, a series of key technological improvements turned atomic
force microscopy (AFM) into a nanoscopic laboratory to directly observe and chemically …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) force-distance curves have become a fundamental tool in
several fields of research, such as surface science, materials engineering, biochemistry and …

In the following section, we will recapitulate selected experimental milestones through the
eyes of the theoretician, which, in our opinion, significantly advanced the field of covalent …

Because of its piconewton force sensitivity and nanometer positional accuracy, the atomic
force microscope (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for exploring the forces and the …

To explore the analytic relevance of unbinding force measurements between
complementary DNA strands with an atomic force microscope, we measured the forces to …

Biological processes rely on molecular interactions that can be directly measured using
force spectroscopy techniques. Here we review how atomic force microscopy can be applied …

I review single-molecule experiments (SMEs) in biological physics. Recent technological
developments have provided the tools to design and build scientific instruments of high …

Atomic force microscopy and single-molecule force spectroscopy were combined to image
and manipulate purple membrane patches from Halobacterium salinarum. Individual …

This review focuses on the extracellular proteoglycans. Special emphasis is placed on the
structural features of their protein cores, their gene organization, and their transcriptional …