How electronic interference can be applied in the research of the structure of small bioobjects and for "fast reading" of nucleotide sequences
Namniot, V.A.
Biofizika 53(4): 538-543
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0006-3029 PMID: 18819267 Document Number: 617798
A method for the study of the surface of small bioobjects, such as macromolecules and their complexes has been developed. The method is based on the phenomenon of the interference of low-energy electrons. Using the interference, it is possible to construct analogues of holograms for these bioobjects but, as distinct from optical holography, with the spatial restriction at the level of internuclear distances. The method enables one to obtain a set of holograms at different energies of electrons. The information thus obtained can suffice to determine the type of molecular groups located on the suffice of the object being examined. The method can be used, e.g., for the "fast reading" of genetic texts.