Electrophoretic collision of a DNA molecule with an insulating post

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Randall, Greg C ^a   Doyle, Patrick S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOMETRY; MOLECULES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY;

ELECTRIC FIELD GRADIENTS; IMPACT DYNAMICS; MICROSCALE PHYSICS; UNBOUNDED CONDUCTORS;

DNA;

EID: 33745621069     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.058102     Document Type: Article

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