Molecular simulation study of the assembly of DNA-functionalised nanoparticles: Effect of DNA strand sequence and composition

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 741-753

  Seifpour, Arezou ^a   Dahl, Steven R ^a   Lin, Brandon ^a   Jayaraman, Arthi ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

assembly; DNA grafted nanoparticle; molecular simulation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER DISSOCIATION; COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONSTANT-G; DNA STRANDS; FUNCTIONALISATION; GRAFTING DENSITIES; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES;

ASSEMBLY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA;

EID: 84880507200     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2013.765569     Document Type: Article

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