Atomic Force Microscope Gerrit L Heuvelman KirchhoffInstitut fr
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Atomic Force Microscope Gerrit L. Heuvelman Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik Molekulare Biophysik (F 15)
Scanning Probe Microscopy STM: scanning tunneling microscope tunneling of electrons between probe and surface AFM: atomic force microscope measuring of the force on the probe MFM: magnetic force microscope AFM with magnetical probe SNOM: scanning near-field optical probe is a fiber; tunneling of fotonen microscope y x
STM: scanning tunneling microscope piezoelement tunneling of electrons through air between probe and surface e- n. A probe R e - e ee- e- < 1 nm ee- e- x-y stage only conducting material
STM: scanning tunneling microscope Itip piezo-element (changes length at different voltages) n. A R Icontrol ∆I ∆I -> ∆V transfer
AFM: atomic force microscope SFM: scanning force microscope photodiode laser AFM probe scans over the surface (in contact) probe piezo-element e. g. living cells, chromatin fibers
MFM: magnetic force microscope photodiode laser AFM with magnetic probe magnetic tip piezo-element e. g. hard disc, tape
SNOM: scanning near-field optical microscope fiber metal-coated fiber tip tunneling of photons between probe and surface sample lens filter shows the amount of light that is absorbed/transmitted for different colors detector e. g. fluorescent molecules
Atomic Force Microscope laser photodiode cantilever z piezo x cantilever tip y
Atomic Force Microscope mirror laser beam photodiode SPM tip fluid in fluid cell fluid out tipholder sample piezo translator O-ring x, y, z piezo translator sample motor control in air and in buffer solutions
movement of the AFM tip along the sample AFM tip superhelical DNA plasmid path of AFM tip DNA double helix Mg 2+ Mg 2+ negatively charged mica surface
AFM image of a 6. 8 kb superhelical plasmid AFM tip
AFM image of a nucleosome on a 614 base pair DNA 2 µm x 2 µm overview scan zoom of mononucleosome complexes Kepert, F. , Fejes Tóth, K. , Caudron, M. , Mücke, N. , Langowski, J. & Rippe, K. , manuscript in preparation
AFM image of a nucleosome on a 614 base pair DNA 2 µm x 2 µm overview scan zoom of mononucleosome complexes Kepert, F. , Fejes Tóth, K. , Caudron, M. , Mücke, N. , Langowski, J. & Rippe, K. , manuscript in preparation
DNA entry-exit angle of nucleosomes
movement of a 600 bp DNA fragment by AFM
different levels of chromatin packing A nm 22 nm D B 11 nm E 300 nm nm 300 700 nm C 30 nm F 1400 nm
chromatin structure 400 nm x 400 nm
chromatin structure 400 nm x 400 nm
chromatin structure
spectrin C-terminal Helix C Helix A Helix B N-terminal molecule that contributes to the mechanical properties, especially the elasticity of the cells measurement of its mechanical stability provides information about the physiological function
stretching spectrin with an AFM 4 repeated spectrin domain cantilever tip surface 1. adhesion force between cantilever tip and surface 2. dissociation from the folded state to the intermediate unfolded state force 1 2 3 distance 3. dissociation from the intermediate to the total unfolding state
stretching spectrin with an AFM force (p. N) 100 80 60 40 20 0 -20 0. 20 20 40 60 distance (nm) 80 0. 15 probability 0 0. 10 0. 05 0. 00 0 10 20 30 40 unfolding force (p. N) 50
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