Computational methods for analysis of terahertz spectral signatures of nucleic acids

2005 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 221-224

  Li, Xiaowei ^a   Bykhovski, Alexei ^a   Gelmont, Boris ^a   Globus, Tatiana ^a   Woolard, Dwight ^b   Bykhovskaia, Maria ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption spectra; Biomolecular sensing; Normal mode analysis; Nucleic acids; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BIOMOLECULAR SENSING; NORMAL MODE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SIGNATURES; TERAHERTZ;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 33747020105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2005.1500734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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