Positioning of extended individual DNA molecules on electrodes by non-uniform AC electric fields

Nanotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2738-2742

  Lin, Hung Yi ^a   Tsai, Li Chu ^b   Chi, Pei Yin ^c   Chen, Chii Dong ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GOLD; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

CIRCULAR FLOW; DNA MOLECULES; ELECTRIC-FIELD AMPLITUDE;

DNA;

EID: 26444446887     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/11/046     Document Type: Article

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