A current challenge in the life sciences is to understand how biological systems change their
structural, biophysical and chemical properties to adjust functionality. Addressing this issue …

Information of the chemical, mechanical, and electrical properties of materials can be
obtained using force volume mapping (FVM), a measurement mode of scanning probe …

Mutations in the rfa operon leading to severely truncated lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
structures are associated with pleiotropic effects on bacterial cells, which in turn generates a …

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) has a great potential as a tool to characterize mechanical
and morphological properties of living cells; these properties have been shown to correlate …

Polymersomes are multicompartmental vesicular nano-objects obtained by self-assembly of
amphiphilic copolymers. When prepared in the aqueous phase, they are composed of a …

Uncontrolled misfolding of proteins leading to the formation of amyloid deposits is
associated with more than 40 types of diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases and …

We report on the adhesion features of three F-specific RNA-phages (MS2, GA and Qβ) onto
surfaces (1-dodecanethiol gold-coated surface, glass, polypropylene and stainless steel) …

Cells are constantly exposed to mechanical stimuli in their environment and have several
evolved mechanisms to sense and respond to these cues. It is becoming increasingly …

Background Although pancreatic consistency is a factor known to have an impact on the
occurrence of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) …

The analysis of atomic force microscopy (AFM) force data requires the selection of a contact
point (CP) and is often time consuming and subjective due to influence from intermolecular …