Enhancing the efficiency of polymerase chain reaction using graphene nanoflakes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 45, 2012, Pages

  Khaliq R, Abdul ^a   Kafafy, Raed ^a   Salleh, Hamzah Mohd ^a   Faris, Waleed Fekry ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DNA PRODUCTS; NANOFLAKES; PCR EFFICIENCY; SURFACE AREA; TUBE MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHENE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; GRAPHITE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84867835798     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/45/455106     Document Type: Article

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