Droplet Confinement and Fluorescence Measurement of Single Molecules

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 472, Issue , 2010, Pages 61-88

  Goldner, Lori S ^a   Jofre, Ana M ^b   Tang, Jianyong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EMULSION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOMATERIAL; OIL; WATER;

DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; EMULSIONS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OILS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 77957089197     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)72015-2     Document Type: Chapter

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