Combing of molecules in microchannels (COMMIC): A method for micropatterning and orienting stretched molecules of DNA on a surface

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1141-1146

  Petit, Cécilia A P ^a   Carbeck, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0142106856     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034341x     Document Type: Article

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