Direct numerical simulation of single-molecule DNA by cable dynamics

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1078-1087

  Zhu, Qiang ^a   Zeng, Jun ^b   Triantafyllou, Michael S ^c   Yue, Dick K P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b European Headquarter and Development Center   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Cable dynamics; Direct numerical simulation (DNS); Single polymer dynamics

Indexed keywords

CABLE DYNAMICS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SINGLE POLYMER DYNAMICS;

BIOPOLYMERS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

DNA;

EID: 33750025403     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2006.880238     Document Type: Article

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