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Studying confined polymers using single-molecule DNA experiments

  • Hsieh, Chih-Chen (Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University) ;
  • Doyle, Patrick S. (Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Published : 2008.09.30
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Abstract

The development of fluorescence microscopy of single-molecule DNA in the last decade has fostered a bold jump in the understanding of polymer physics. With the recent advance of nanotechnology, devices with well-defined dimensions that are smaller than typical DNA molecules can be readily manufactured. The combination of these techniques has provided an unprecedented opportunity for researchers to examine confined polymer behavior, a topic far less understood than its counterpart. Here, we review the progress reported in recent studies that investigate confined polymer dynamics by means of single-molecule DNA experiments.

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