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AFM: Not Just for Materials Science Anymore
Atomic-force microscopy finds its footing in the life sciences
Email: Karen Heyman - kheyman@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(23):30
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The atomic-force microscope (AFM) was developed 20 years ago, but only recently has it become a significant tool for biologists. Irene Revenko, applications scientist at Santa Barbara, Calif.-based AFM manufacturer, Asylum Research, says when AFMs first came into biology, most of the experiments were essentially just replicating earlier findings that had been done on other instruments. "In the last five years people began to get new data with AFMs that they weren't getting with other microscopy techniques."
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