Process for aligning macromolecules by passage of a meniscus and applications
US6303296A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/145555
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process for aligning a macromolecule on the surface S of a support comprises forming a triple line S/A/B (meniscus) resulting from contact between a solvent A and the surface S and a medium B is caused to move on the surface S. The macromolecule has a part, especially an end, anchored on the surface S. The other part, especially the other end, is in solution in the solvent A. A process for detecting, measuring the intramolecular distance of, separating and/or assaying a macromolecule in a sample using the process of alignment is provided.
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