Studying DNA translocation in nanocapillaries using single molecule fluorescence

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Thacker, Vivek V ^a   Ghosal, Sandip ^a,b   Hernández Ainsa, Silvia ^a   Bell, Nicholas A W ^a   Keyser, Ulrich F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MOLECULES; DNA TRANSLOCATION; EFFECTIVE MOBILITIES; FLUORESCENT IMAGING; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIC CURRENT; IONIC CURRENT DETECTION; MOTION OF INDIVIDUAL; NANOCAPILLARIES; OPTICAL AXIS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SINGLE DNA MOLECULES; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES; NANOPORES;

DNA;

EID: 84870478162     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4768929     Document Type: Article

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