Thermal noise limitations on micromechanical experiments

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Gittes, Frederick ^a   Schmidt, Christoph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Micromechanics; Optical tweezers; Single molecules; Thermal noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICS; NOISE;

EID: 0031930529     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050113     Document Type: Article

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