FluidFM

The fluid force microscopy (FluidFM (Meister et al., Nano Lett., 2009)) is a fusion of atomic force microscopy (AFM) with integrated microfluidics.

FluidFM was invented at LBB in 2009 and is under constant development. Our lab is equipped with home-made platforms as well as with the newest prototypes from Cytosurge (https://www.cytosurge.com/) - a Spinoff from LBB which commercializes FluidFM.

The schematic below (from (Meister et al., Nano Lett., 2009)) shows the micro-channeled FluidFM cantilever operating in liquid. It is monitored by the AFM laser and allows to control fL liquid volumes with nanometric spatial precision and pN force resolution.

Potential applications range from single cell manipulation, over nano-printing, to patch clamping and scanning ion conductance microscopy.

If you are interested in FluidFM or in a cooperation with our lab please contact Tomaso Zambelli,