Imaging DNA molecules on mica surface by atomic force microscopy in air and in liquid

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 179-185

  Liu, Zhiguo ^a   Li, Zhuang ^a,b   Zhou, Hualan ^a   Wei, Gang ^a   Song, Yonghai ^a   Wang, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

3 aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES); Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Divalent cations; DNA; Mica

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MICA; POSITIVE IONS;

3 AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; 3-AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; CATION CONCENTRATIONS; DIVALENT CATION; DNA CONCENTRATION; DNA MOLECULES; MICA SURFACES; WATER SOLUTIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

3 AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; DIVALENT CATION; DNA; MICA;

AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20544467010     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20156     Document Type: Article

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