FIONA in the trap: The advantages of combining optical tweezers and fluorescence

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Capitanio, M ^a,b   Maggi, D ^a   Vanzi, F ^a,b   Pavone, F S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

FIONA; Optical tweezers; Single molecule localization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CONFORMATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS; MOLECULE TECHNIQUES; SINGLE MOLECULE LOCALIZATION;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 34548669597     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/8/S07     Document Type: Article

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