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Characterizing Surface-Immobilized DNA Structures and Devices Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring (QCM-D)

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A quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring can be used to study the mass and structure of surface-immobilized layers of molecules, in real time. Here we describe the use of the technique to study DNA structures and devices.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to EPSRC for funding through Platform Grant EP/K040820/1 and the University of York for an Institutional Equipment Grant, which funded the purchase of the QCM-D apparatus.

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  1. Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York, Heslington, York, UK

    Katherine E. Dunn, Martin A. Trefzer, Steven Johnson & Andy M. Tyrrell

  2. Institute for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Katherine E. Dunn

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    Giampaolo Zuccheri

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Dunn, K.E., Trefzer, M.A., Johnson, S., Tyrrell, A.M. (2018). Characterizing Surface-Immobilized DNA Structures and Devices Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring (QCM-D). In: Zuccheri, G. (eds) DNA Nanotechnology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1811. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8582-1_7

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