Twirling DNA rings - Swimming nanomotors ready for a kickstart

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 527-533

  Kulic I M ^a,b   Thaokar, R ^a,c   Schiessel, H ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 28244484902     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10273-1     Document Type: Article

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