Automated AFM force curve analysis for determining elastic modulus of biomaterials and biological samples
| Autor: | Vijay Krishna Raghunathan, Shaun P. Garland, Christopher J. Murphy, Yow-Ren Chang, Joshua T. Morgan, Paul Russell |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Materials science
Yield (engineering) Nano-indentation Biomedical Engineering Analytical chemistry Acrylic Resins Iris Bioengineering Biocompatible Materials Microscopy Atomic Force Article Polyethylene Glycols Biomaterials Cornea Atomic force microscopy Automation Dogs Indentation Elastic Modulus Animals Biomechanics Point (geometry) Elastic modulus Microscopy business.industry Mechanical Engineering Linear elasticity Intermolecular force Atomic Force Materials Engineering Nanoindentation Contact point Biomechanical Phenomena Mechanics of Materials business Biological system Algorithms Biotechnology |
| Popis: | 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 forces and low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR). In this report, we present an automated algorithm for the selection of CPs in AFM force data and the evaluation of elastic moduli. We propose that CP may be algorithmically easier to detect by identifying a linear elastic indentation region of data (high SNR) rather than the contact point itself (low SNR). Utilizing Hertzian mechanics, the data are fitted for the CP. We first detail the algorithm and then evaluate it on sample polymeric and biological materials. As a demonstration of automation, 64 × 64 force maps were analyzed to yield spatially varying topographical and mechanical information of cells. Finally, we compared manually selected CPs to automatically identified CPs and demonstrated that our automated approach is both accurate (< 10nm difference between manual and automatic) and precise for non-interacting polymeric materials. Our data show that the algorithm is useful for analysis of both biomaterials and biological samples. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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