Capabilities

• High resolution imaging of biological samples in buffer solution (tissues, cells, viral particles, hydrogels applications, biomedical devices, and individual biomolecules)

• High resolution investigation of local mechanical properties (i.e. stiffness, adhesion, friction) of biological samples

• Time resolved imaging of biological samples up to 98 scan lines per second

• Studies of nano-scale forces between ligands in the single molecule range (Molecular interaction mapping, Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy (SMFS)

• Correlated fluorescence and atomic force microscopy (AFM) operation for high-resolution data collection and functional targeting of samples of interest (e.g. tissues, surfaces, cells)