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DNA Nanotubes as a Versatile Tool to Study Semiflexible Polymers
Published on: October 25, 2017
Electrically moving single-stranded DNA into and out of double-walled carbon nanotubes
Yongfeng Li1, Shimou Chen, Toshiro Kaneko
1Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan. yfli@plasma.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp
Abstract:
Our study indicates that it is possible to move single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecules into and out of double-walled carbon nanotubes by utilizing DC electric fields with different polarities.

