Directed self-organization of single DNA molecules in a nanoslit via embedded nanopit arrays

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-84

  Reisner, Walter ^a,b,c   Larsen, Niels B ^b   Flyvbjerg, Henrik ^b   Tegenfeldt, Jonas O ^c   Kristensen, Anders ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA conformation; Nanofluidics; Polymer confinement; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

DNA; NANOMATERIAL; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOFLUIDICS; NUCLEIC ACID IMMOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 58549094707     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811468106     Document Type: Article

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