Nov. 08, 2017News
Raman spectroscopy uses the energy shift of a laser-beam that occurs when it is inelastically scattered by the molecules in a sample. As the shift is characteristic for each molecule, the components in the sample can be easily identified. ...
Nov. 25, 2011Science
Investigating mechanical aspects of single RNA polymerases will further our understanding of the molecular mechanism of transcription elongation.
Nov. 24, 2011Science
The fluid resistance of single micrometre-sized blank and DNA-grafted polystyrene microspheres under shear flow is compared in purified water and dilute λ-DNA solutions by means of optical tweezers experiments with a high spatial (±4 nm) ...
Oct. 14, 2011News
The Scanning Probe Microscopy and Optical Tweezers communities were meeting again this year in Berlin, Germany at the 10th International Symposium on Scanning Probe Microscopy & Optical Tweezers in Life Sciences to present and discuss ...
Oct. 07, 2011News
The Scanning Probe Microscopy and Optical Tweezers communities are meeting this week at the 10th International Symposium on Scanning Probe Microscopy & Optical Tweezers in Life Sciences in Berlin, Germany to present and discuss their ...
Jan. 13, 2011Science
We present a SNOM-study of highly-crystalline organic films of an oligomeric polyquater-thiophene (PQT-12). The crystalline structure influences the suitability of films for applications as charge transport in devices as e.g. OFETs.
Jan. 11, 2011Science
The study of effective cold sources of high intensity electron beam couplings is one of actual problems of modern vacuum micro and nanoelectronics. As far as it is known, the difficulties for determining significant absolute values for ...
Jan. 10, 2011Science
Small (5-6 nm) oxidized Carbon Nano-Onions (ox-CNOs) can be functionalized with biomolecules due to their good dispersion and relative high reactivity. MTS test on skin fibroblasts proved that CNOs are non-cytotoxic [1]. Therefore, ...
Dec. 21, 2010Science
Besides its ability of high resolution imaging, the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has been recognized as a valuable instrument for manipulation at the nanoscale. The characterization and manipulation of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and DNA or ...
Dec. 20, 2010Science
Scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM) and spectroscopy allow sub-wavelength spatial resolution for gathering a diversity of information typical for optical spectroscopy, e.g. Raman, infrared absorption, and dielectric dispersion. ...
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