液晶がネマティック液晶/水性界面で固定されるDNAハイブリッド化による液晶の方向転換

Andrew D Price1, Daniel K Schwartz

  • 1University of Colorado, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0424, USA.

まとめ

この研究は,インターフェースでのDNAハイブリッド化が液晶の配列を変更し,ラベルなしのDNA検出を可能にする方法を示しています. このシステムは敏感で選択的で,わずか50fmolのDNAを検出します.

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