The translocation of DNA oligonucleotide with the water stream in carbon nanotubes

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 991, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-97

  Chen, Bao Dong ^a   Yang, Chuan Lu ^a   Yang, Jun Sheng ^a   Wang, Mei Shan ^a   Ma, Xiao Guang ^a  

^a LUDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Single stranded deoxyribonucleic acid; Single walled carbon nanotubes; Steered molecular dynamics simulation; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861694165     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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