Ultrafast molecule sorting and delivery by atomic force microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Unal, Kerem ^a   Frommer, Jane ^a   Wickramasinghe, H Kumar ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULE SORTING; PROBE TIPS; ULTRAFAST ELECTROPHORETIC DIFFERENTIATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DNA; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTROPHORETIC COATINGS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33646495573     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2195777     Document Type: Article

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