DNA Translocation through hydrophilic nanopore in hexagonal boron nitride

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Zhi ^a   Hu, Ying ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Xu, Zhi ^a   Wang, Wenlong ^a   Bai, Xuedong ^a   Shan, Xinyan ^a   Lu, Xinghua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON NITRIDE; DNA; OZONE;

CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; METABOLISM; NANOPORE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BORON COMPOUNDS; DNA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; NANOPORES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84888216416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03287     Document Type: Article

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