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Single-molecule force spectroscopy of fast reversible bonds

Johanna Blass1, Marcel Albrecht2, Gerhard Wenz2

  • 1INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials and Physics Department, Saarland University, Campus D2 2, 66123 Saabrücken, Germany. roland.bennewitz@leibniz-inm.de.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
|February 3, 2017
PubMed
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Unbinding force in single-molecule studies depends on force probe stiffness, not linker stiffness, for fast reversible bonds. This finding aids in understanding molecular interactions and binding energies.

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