Ejection of DNA molecules from carbon nanotubes

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4945-4952

  Wu, Nan ^a   Wang, Quan ^a   Arash, Behrouz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL VALUE; DNA DELIVERY; DNA MOLECULES; DRIVING FORCES; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DNA; DRUG THERAPY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTUBES; TORSIONAL STRESS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84864456278     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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