Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has established itself as a decisive tool for probing nanoscale interactions, particularly adhesion forces and capillary phenomena. A precise understanding of these ...
Model of the experimental setup for determining the adhesive force of a bacterium: The corrugated surface allows the lower part of the bacterium (diameter 1 micrometre) to be characterized using ...
Illustration shows a staphylococcus bacterium adhered to human host ligand through the typical bacterial adhesion protein (left), and the counterintuitively catch-bond behaviour with increased ...