Entropic trapping and escape of long DNA molecules at submicron size constriction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1688-1691

  Han, J ^a   Turner, S W ^a   Craighead, H G ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0001466758     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1688     Document Type: Article

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