Molecular dynamics study on DNA oligonucleotide translocation through carbon nanotubes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Pei, Q X ^a   Lim, C G ^a   Cheng, Y ^a   Gao, Huajian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DNA; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GENES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC ACIDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

A-CARBON; CNT CHANNEL; DNA MOLECULES; DNA TRANSLOCATION; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ENERGETIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY-BARRIER; EXTERNAL DRIVING; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELD; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; INVERSE POWER-LAW; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; TRANSLOCATION TIME; WATER SOLVENTS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

CARBON NANOTUBE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GRAVITY; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GRAVITATION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; WATER;

EID: 52949092702     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2981798     Document Type: Article

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