High-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy imaging of biotin-avidin-G4-DNA molecules

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 22462-22465

  Roger Eitan, Iris ^a   Liu, Ke ^a   Livshits, Gideon I ^a   Borovok, Natalia ^b   Rotem, Dvir ^a   Kotlyar, Alexander B ^b   Porath, Danny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE MOLECULAR; HELICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CHAINS; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; PARALLEL STRANDS; STM IMAGING; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84887163108     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406994v     Document Type: Article

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