Scanning probe microscopy
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A new breakthrough in BioAFM, the Hydra™ resolves many of the limitations of BioAFM, opening new horizons for the application of AFM in biology.
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Technology update RSS feedCNT cheese wire cuts bio-samples to size
Feb 12, 2009
Carbon nanotube stretched between two tungsten needles slices up cells for imaging
Spatial correlations extract nanoscale highlights
Feb 11, 2009
Statistical projection methods offer a fast route to managing SPM data
Silicon nanocrystals flashed into position
Jan 21, 2009
Conductive AFM tip lays down the foundations for optoelectronics, chemical analysis and data storage
Narrow waveguide strengthens optical trap
Jan 15, 2009
Channelling light through parallel silicon bars allows team to capture nanoparticles and DNA
Carbon nanotubes know where to grow
Jan 13, 2009
Localized heating guides particles into position during growth phase
Software speeds up any AFM
Jan 7, 2009
Kinematic model allows fast, undistorted imaging under liquid
Integrated LED leads to user-friendly SNOM
Dec 11, 2008
Compact, pre-aligned design makes imaging technique much easier to implement
Nanoarchitecture tunes drug delivery rate
Nov 25, 2008
Doxorubicin-loaded parylene C-based patch is easy to make and simple to control
In brief: research round-up
Nov 20, 2008
Copper nanoink, electrode pads for CNTs, miniature lens arrays and more...
Nanoindenter passes memory test
Oct 28, 2008
IBM's thermo-mechanical probe patterns polymer with ones and zeros at fast data rates
SET array enables parallel probing
Oct 14, 2008
Max Planck team fabricates row of single-electron transistors to map surface charge
PhOREMOST maps out future of nanophotonics
Oct 13, 2008
EU network highlights potential applications and flags up technical challenges in new report
Nanotubes exhibit threshold toxicity
Oct 2, 2008
Living cells tolerate carbon nanotubes below certain doses
Nanoprobes encourage liquid to reveal all
Sep 16, 2008
Chemical analysis is just one of many applications for nanoscale corona discharge
SLM boosts microscope resolution
Sep 11, 2008
Spatial light modulator increases imaging resolution by 2.5 times to 92 nm
Tiny probe looks good on camera
Sep 4, 2008
Evanescent detection scheme opens the door to high-speed imaging of biological samples
Detecting quantum dots in the dark
Sep 1, 2008
New technique could enable sensing applications without fluorescence labelling