The effects of gold nanoparticles with different sizes on polymerase chain reaction efficiency

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 32, 2009, Pages

  Wan, Weijie ^a   Yeow, John T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; DIFFERENT SIZES; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRODUCT YIELDS; TOTAL SURFACE AREA;

NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION;

POLYMERS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; BACTERIAL DNA; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENE AMPLIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 70349132303     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/32/325702     Document Type: Article

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