Slowing down DNA translocation through a nanopore in lithium chloride

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1038-1044

  Kowalczyk, Stefan W ^a   Wells, David B ^b   Aksimentiev, Aleksei ^b   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; effective charge; lithium chloride; molecular dynamics; Nanopore; single molecule

Indexed keywords

COUNTERION BINDING; COUNTERIONS; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; DNA DETECTION; DNA MOLECULES; DNA TRANSLOCATION; DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA (DS-DNA); EFFECTIVE CHARGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP APPLICATIONS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MD SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOPORE TRANSLOCATION; PARTIAL REDUCTION; PRACTICAL METHOD; SINGLE MOLECULE; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA (SS-DNA); SOLID-STATE NANOPORE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; LITHIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NANOPORES; SODIUM;

DNA;

DNA; LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPORE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DNA; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOPORES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856956993     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl204273h     Document Type: Article

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