Continuous observation of the stochastic motion of an individual small-molecule walker

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-83

  Pulcu, Gökçe Su ^a   Mikhailova, Ellina ^a   Choi, Lai Sheung ^a   Bayley, Hagan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; NANOREACTORS; PROTEINS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; COVALENT CHEMISTRY; CYSTEINE RESIDUES; DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC MOTION; THERMODYNAMIC SINKS; TRANSLATIONAL MOTIONS;

MOLECULES;

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; CYSTEINE; LIGAND; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ALPHA-TOXIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DISSOCIATION; ENANTIOMER; HYDROLYSIS; ION CURRENT; MOLECULE; MOTION; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARSENIC; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYSTEINE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; NANOPORES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84926077196     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.264     Document Type: Article

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