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Title: Electrons, Photons, and Force: Quantitative Single-Molecule Measurements from Physics to Biology

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 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. California NanoSystems Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  2. California NanoSystems Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  3. California NanoSystems Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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ACS Nano
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Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Volume: 5 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1936-0851
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Claridge, Shelley A., Schwartz, Jeffrey J., and Weiss, Paul S. Electrons, Photons, and Force: Quantitative Single-Molecule Measurements from Physics to Biology. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1021/nn103298x.
Claridge, Shelley A., Schwartz, Jeffrey J., & Weiss, Paul S. Electrons, Photons, and Force: Quantitative Single-Molecule Measurements from Physics to Biology. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn103298x
Claridge, Shelley A., Schwartz, Jeffrey J., and Weiss, Paul S. Tue . "Electrons, Photons, and Force: Quantitative Single-Molecule Measurements from Physics to Biology". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/nn103298x.
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