{"id":192500,"date":"2024-07-07T20:25:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T01:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/researchers-explain-the-imaging-mechanisms-of-atomic-force-microscopy-in-3d"},"modified":"2024-07-07T20:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T01:25:20","slug":"researchers-explain-the-imaging-mechanisms-of-atomic-force-microscopy-in-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/researchers-explain-the-imaging-mechanisms-of-atomic-force-microscopy-in-3d","title":{"rendered":"Researchers explain the imaging mechanisms of atomic force microscopy in 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/researchers-explain-the-imaging-mechanisms-of-atomic-force-microscopy-in-3d3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University report the 3D imaging of a suspended nanostructure. The technique used is an extension of atomic force microscopy and is a promising approach for visualizing various 3D biological systems.<\/p>\n<p>Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was originally invented for visualizing surfaces with nanoscale resolution. Its basic working principle is to move an ultrathin tip over a sample\u2019s surface. During this xy-scanning motion, the tip\u2019s position in the direction perpendicular to the xy-plane follows the sample\u2019s height profile, resulting in a height map of the surface.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, ways to extend the method to 3D imaging have been explored, with researchers from Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University reporting pioneering experiments on living cells. However, for 3D-AFM to evolve into a widely applicable technique for visualizing flexible molecular structures, a thorough understanding of the imaging mechanisms at play is necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University report the 3D imaging of a suspended nanostructure. The technique used is an extension of atomic force microscopy and is a promising approach for visualizing various 3D biological systems. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was originally invented for visualizing surfaces with nanoscale resolution. Its basic working principle [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-nanotechnology","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}