High-resolution dual-trap optical tweezers with differential detection: Data collection and instrument calibration

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bustamante, Carlos ^a   Chemla, Yann R ^a   Moffitt, Jeffrey R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOISE REDUCTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 70949098618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.ip74     Document Type: Article

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