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Spectroscopic study on interaction between three cationic surfactants with different alkyl chain lengths and DNA

Lili Guo1, Zhaohong Zhang1, Heng Qiao1

  • 1School of Environmental Science, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China.

Spectrochimica Acta. Part A, Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
|July 6, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
Cationic surfactantDeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)InteractionSpectroscopyViscosity

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