Scanning evanescent fields using a pointlike light source and a nanomechanical DNA gear

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 473-478

  Brutzer, Hergen ^a   Schwarz, Friedrich W ^a   Seidel, Ralf ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA; Evanescent field; Holliday junction; magnetic tweezers; point spread function; TIRF microscopy

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT FIELDS; HOLLIDAY JUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC TWEEZERS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; TIRF MICROSCOPY;

DNA; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

DNA; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DNA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84855795765     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203876w     Document Type: Article

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