Visualization of macromolecules a first step to manipulation and controlled response

SS Sheiko, M Möller - Chemical Reviews, 2001 - ACS Publications
The size and complexity of the structure of macromolecules allows the combination of
different, in some cases even antagonistic, properties, eg, in solubility, in flexibility, or …

Beyond gel electrophoresis: Microfluidic separations, fluorescence burst analysis, and DNA stretching

KD Dorfman, SB King, DW Olson, JDP Thomas… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
This Review addresses methods for obtaining sequence information directly from
unamplified genomic length DNA. Our generic starting point is a large piece of DNA that …

Effect of DNase and antibiotics on biofilm characteristics

GV Tetz, NK Artemenko, VV Tetz - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The role of extracellular DNA in the maintenance of biofilms formed by gram-positive and
gram-negative bacteria was studied. This study evaluated all the bacterial strains that were …

AFM single molecule experiments at the solid− liquid interface: in situ conformation of adsorbed flexible polyelectrolyte chains

Y Roiter, S Minko - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005 - ACS Publications
This paper reports the in situ study of conformations of flexible synthetic polymer molecules
of protonated poly (2-vinylpyridine) at the solid− liquid interface at different pH of aqueous …

Molecular transport and organization in supported lipid membranes

SG Boxer - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2000 - Elsevier
The mechanism by which vesicles spontaneously form supported lipid bilayer membranes
on glass surfaces is becoming better understood and this knowledge is the basis of a …

Macromolecules at surfaces: Research challenges and opportunities from tribology to biology

S Granick, SK Kumar, EJ Amis… - Journal of Polymer …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive review of ongoing and recommended research directions concerning the
structure, dynamics, and interfacial activity of synthetic and naturally occurring …

Double-stranded DNA diffusion in slitlike nanochannels

A Balducci, P Mao, J Han, PS Doyle - Macromolecules, 2006 - ACS Publications
We present an experimental study of double-stranded DNA diffusion in slitlike channels. The
channel heights span the regime from moderate confinement (height∼ bulk radius of …

Non-equilibrium in adsorbed polymer layers

B O'Shaughnessy, D Vavylonis - Journal of physics: condensed …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
High molecular weight polymer solutions have a powerful tendency to deposit adsorbed
layers when exposed to even mildly attractive surfaces. The equilibrium properties of these …

Scaling exponents and probability distributions of DNA end-to-end distance

F Valle, M Favre, P De Los Rios, A Rosa, G Dietler - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
The scaling of the average gyration radius of polymers as a function of their length can be
experimen<? format?> tally determined from ensemble measurements, such as light …

Conformation and dynamics of single DNA molecules in parallel-plate slit microchannels

YL Chen, MD Graham, JJ De Pablo, GC Randall… - Physical Review E …, 2004 - APS
The conformation and diffusion of a single DNA molecule confined between two parallel
plates are examined using both single molecule experiments and Brownian dynamics …