On the origin of the long-range attraction between surface-confined DNA bases

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 284-285, Issue , 1996, Pages 347-351

  Ionov, R ^a,b,d   De Coninck, J ^a   Angelova, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^d Institute of Applied Physics   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

DNA bases; DNA monolayers; Molecular modelling; Surface forces

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS;

ADENINE TERMINATED ESTER MONOLAYERS; AMPHIPHILIC ESTERS; FLUID DISORDERED STATE; LONG RANGE FORCES; SURFACE CONFINED DNA BASES; SURFACE FORCES; THYMINE MONOLAYERS;

DNA;

EID: 0030233179     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6090(95)08339-1     Document Type: Article

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