Force fluctuation on pulling a ssDNA from a carbon nanotube

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-227

  Li, Zhenhai ^a   Yang, Wei ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Force fluctuation; Molecular dynamics; Sequence detection; Single strand DNA

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; DNA; SIGNAL DETECTION; YARN;

A-CARBON; FORCE FLUCTUATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; PULLING FORCE; SEQUENCE DETECTION; SINGLE-STRAND DNA; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

BIOPOLYMER; CARBON NANOTUBE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPOLYMERS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; NANOTUBES, CARBON; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79957996926     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-010-0228-4     Document Type: Article

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