Direct force measurements on DNA in a solid-state nanopore

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 473-477

  Keyser, Ulrich F ^a   Koeleman, Bernard N ^a   Van Dorp, Stijn ^a   Krapf, Diego ^a   Smeets, Ralph M M ^a   Lemay, Serge G ^a   Dekker, Nynke H ^a   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIRECT FORCE MEASUREMENTS; SOLID-STATE NANOPORE;

EID: 33745774997     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys344     Document Type: Article

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