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G. Sazaki, T. Matsui, K. Tsukamoto, N. Usami, T. Ujihara, K. Fujiwara and K. Nakajima, “In Situ Observation of Elementary Growth Steps on the Surface of Protein Crystals by Laser Confocal Microscopy,” Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 262, No. 1-4, 2004, pp. 536-542. doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2003.10.049

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• TITLE: Joint Operation of Atomic Force Microscope and Advanced Laser Confocal Microscope for Observing Surface Processes in a Protein Crystal

  AUTHORS: Shin-ichiro Yanagiya, Nobuo Goto

  KEYWORDS: Laser Confocal Microscopy; Atomic Force Microscopy; Surface Process; Protein Crystal

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, Vol.2 No.3A, July 27, 2012

  ABSTRACT: We demonstrated the insitu observation of a moving atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever using a laser confocal microscope combined with a differential interference microscope (LCM-DIM). The AFM cantilever scanned or indented the {110} surface of a hen egg-white lysozyme crystal in a supersaturated solution. Using a soft cantilever, we could observe the step growth with high time resolution by LCM-DIM and perform quantitative measurements of the step height by AFM simultaneously. In addition, a hard cantilever was used with LCM-DIM to observe the dynamics of crystal surface scratching and indentation. In the supersaturated solution, the small steps generated from the scratched line aggregated to macro steps, and subsequently flattened the surface.