Direct measurement of compression spring constant of single DNA molecule with AFM

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 954-957

  Zhou, Xingfei ^a,b   An, Hongjie ^c   Guo, Yunchang ^b   Sun, Jielin ^c   Li, Minqian ^b   Hu, Jun ^b,c  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Elasticity; Single DNA molecule

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749657006     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-161     Document Type: Article

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