%0 Journal Article %T Nano-mechanical characterization of the wood cell wall by AFM studies: comparison between AC- and QI£¿ mode %A Ingo Burgert %A Kirstin Casdorff %A Tobias Keplinger %J Archive of "Plant Methods". %D 2017 %R 10.1186/s13007-017-0211-5 %X Basic flow chart of the measurement routine. a A tip and resolution test specimen is scanned. b The wood sample is scanned, E earlywood, L latewood. c The tip and resolution test specimen is scanned again. d A stiffness test specimen is scanned and the tip radius is fitted to the stiffness of the polystyrene. e The Young¡¯s Modulus can be calculated for the wood sample by fitting (dotted black line) the trace curve (red) with the Derjaguin¨CM¨¹ller¨CToporov model (blue, retrace curve %K Atomic Force Microscopy %K Wood %K Spruce %K Cell wall %K Young¡¯s Modulus %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5526263/