Low-frequency electrophoretic actuation of nanoscale optoentropic transduction mechanisms.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Inherent bistabilities within DNA-assembled fluorescent resonant energy transfer systems demonstrated time-varying optical signals in response to an electrophoretic driving force. Frequency responses of electrophoretically driven FRET systems were shown to be sequence specific. Integration of these signals over time gave near single-molecule sensitivity within a high background of autofluorescence. This research suggests that externally driven nanoscale mechanical systems may help improve information flow within morphologically intact specimens.
Medical subject headings
- Biosensing Techniques
- DNA
- Electrophoresis
- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
- In Situ Hybridization
- Nanostructures
- Sequence Analysis, DNA