How strong is a covalent bond

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5408, 1999, Pages 1727-1730

  Grandbois, Michel ^a   Beyer, Martin ^b   Rief, Matthias ^a,c   Clausen Schaumann, Hauke ^a   Gaub, Hermann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOSE; CARBON; DEXTRAN; LIGAND; POLYSACCHARIDE; SILICON;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COVALENT BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0033548611     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5408.1727     Document Type: Article

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