Efficient detection of single molecules eluting off an optically trapped microsphere

Bioimaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-42

  Machara, Nicholas P ^a,b   Goodwin, Peter M ^a,b   Enderlein, Jörg ^a,c   Semin, David J ^a,d   Keller, Richard A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser induced fluorescence; Optical trap; Single molecule detection

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUOROCHROME; LIPOSOME; METHANOL; MICROSPHERE; RHODAMINE 6G;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CAPILLARY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0031894054     PISSN: 09669051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1361-6374(199803)6:1<33::AID-BIO5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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