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Adam E Cohen1, Alexander P Fields
1Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. cohen@chemistry.harvard.edu
ACS Nano
|June 30, 2011
Abstract:
It has recently become possible to trap individual fluorescent biomolecules in aqueous solution by using real-time tracking and active feedback to suppress Brownian motion. We propose areas of investigation in which anti-Brownian electrokinetic (ABEL) trapping of single molecules is likely to lead to significant new insights into biomolecular dynamics.
