You HX, Lowe CR. Progress in the application of scanning probe microscopy to biology.
Curr Opin Biotechnol 1996;
7:78-84. [PMID:
8791307 DOI:
10.1016/s0958-1669(96)80099-1]
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Abstract
Several key developments have occurred recently in the application of scanning probe microscopy to biology. These include the use of 'tapping-mode' atomic force microscopy both for the high-resolution imaging of biomolecules in liquids and for monitoring in situ biocatalysis, the use of atomic force microscopy as a force transducer to measure individual biological interactions, and the development of hybrid techniques such as scanning tunnelling microscopy coupled to confocal scanning laser microscopy.
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