Controlling molecular transport through nanopores

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 63, 2011, Pages 1369-1378

  Keyser, Ulrich F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanopore; Optical tweezers; Sensors; Single molecules; Translocation

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; PASSIVE CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE MOLECULE; SOLID-STATE NANOPORE; TRANSLOCATION;

NANOPORES;

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; DNA; DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GRAPHENE; RNA; SILICON NITRIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTROPY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN BOND; ION CURRENT; MACROMOLECULE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPORE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; RESISTIVE PULSE TECHNIQUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID STATE; THICKNESS;

EID: 80052258551     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0222     Document Type: Review

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