Part I: The Basics of Atomic Force Microscopy
1. How the Atomic Force Microscope Works
Bruno Torre, Davide Ricci, and Pier Carlo Braga
2. Measurement Methods in Atomic Force Microscopy
Bruno Torre, Claudio Canale, Davide Ricci, and Pier Carlo Braga
3. Recognizing and Avoiding Artifacts in Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging
Claudio Canale, Bruno Torre, Davide Ricci, and Pier Carlo Braga
Part II: Molecule Imaging
4. Imaging the Spatial Orientation of Subunits within Membrane Receptors by Atomic Force Microscopy
Stewart M Carnally, J. Michael Edwardson, and Nelson P. Barrera
5. High Resolution Imaging of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Antibodies and Other Biomolecules Using Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy in Air
Sergio Santos and Neil H. Thomson
6. Atomic Force Microscopy of Ex vivo Amyloid Fibrils
Claudio Canale, Annalisa Relini, and Alessandra Gliozzi
7. Studying Collagen Self-Assembly by Time-Lapse High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy
Clemens M. Franz and Daniel J. Muller
8. Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging of Human Metaphase Chromosomes in Liquid
Osamu Hoshi and Tatsuo Ushiki
9. Atomic Force Microscopy of Proteasome Assemblies
Maria Gaczynska and Pawel A. Osmulski
10. Atomic Force Microscopy of Isolated Mitochondria
Bradley E. Layton and M. Brent Boyd
11. Imaging Native Membrane Proteins Using the Atomic Force Microscope
Andreas Engel
Part III: Nanoscale Surface Analysis and Cell Imaging
12. Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of Viruses
Alexander McPherson and Yurii G. Kuznetsov
13. Determination of the Kinetic On and -Off Rate of Single Virus-Cell Interactions
Christian Rankl, Linda Wildling, Isabel Neundlinger, Ferry Kienberger, Hermann Gruber, Dieter Blaas, and Peter Hinterdorfer
14. Atomic Force Microscopy as a Tool for the Study of the Ultrastructure of Trypanosomatid Parasites
Wanderley de Souza, Gustavo M. Rocha, Kildare Miranda, Paulo M. Bisch, and Gilberto Weissmuller
15. Normal and Pathological Erythrocytes Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy
Andreas Ebner, Hermann Schillers, and Peter Hinterdorfer
16. The Growth Cones of Living Neurons Probed by the Atomic Force Microscope
Davide Ricci, Massimo Grattarola, and Mariateresa Tedesco
17. Highlights on Ultrastructural Pathology of Human Sperm
Narahari V. Joshi, Ibis Cruz, and Jesus A. Osuna
18. High-speed Atomic Force Microscopy and Biomolecular Processes
Takayuki Uchihashi and Toshio Ando
Part IV: Non-Topographical Applications (Force-Spectroscopy)
19. Atomic Force Microscopy in Mechanobiology: Measuring Micro-Elastic Heterogeneity of Living Cells
Evren U. Azeloglu and Kevin D. Costa
20. Force-Clamp Measurements of Receptor-Ligand Interactions
Félix Rico, Calvin Chu, and Vincent T. Moy
21. Measuring Cell Adhesion Forces: Theory and Principles
Martin Benoit and Christine Selhuber-Unkel
22. Nanoscale Investigation on E. coli Adhesion to Modified Silicone Surfaces
Ting Cao, Haiyin
