Single-DNA-molecule trapping with silicon nanotweezers using pulsed dielectrophoresis

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kumemura, Momoko ^a   Collard, Dominique ^a,b   Sakaki, Naoyoshi ^a   Yamahata, Christophe ^a,d   Hosogi, Maho ^c   Hashiguchi, Gen ^c   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC DIELECTROPHORESIS; AC VOLTAGE; DIELECTROPHORESIS; DNA MANIPULATION; DNA MOLECULES; EFFICIENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MICROFABRICATED ELECTRODES; NANOTWEEZERS; PHYSICAL HANDLING; PULSED MODE; REAL TIME; SHORT-INTERVAL; SINGLE-MOLECULE TRAPPING; TRAPPED MOLECULES;

DNA; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 79955815307     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/21/5/054020     Document Type: Article

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