Single molecule experimentation in biological physics: Exploring the living component of soft condensed matter one molecule at a time

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 50, 2011, Pages

  Harriman, O L J ^a   Leake, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CELLULAR PROCESS; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; LENGTH SCALE; LIVING CELL; MESOSCOPIC LENGTH SCALE; SINGLE MOLECULE; SOFT CONDENSED MATTERS; SOFT MATTER; STOCHASTICITY; STOCHASTICS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPHYSICS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOLIDS;

MOLECULES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84855281306     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/50/503101     Document Type: Review

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