Steps towards simultaneous atomic force and fluorescence spectroscopy of single DNA [Elektronische Ressource] / Alexander Gaiduk

Steps towards simultaneous atomic-force and fluorescence spectroscopy of single DNA Thesis Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Alexander Gaiduk from Minsk June 2006 Institute of Physical Chemistry, Heirich-Heine University Düsseldorf Printed with the permission of Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf 1. Referee: Prof. Dr. C.A.M. Seidel 2. Referee: Prof. Dr. K. Kleinermanns 3. Referee: Prof. Dr. Th. Basche Date of the oral examination: 29 November 2006 Посвящается моим родителям, Анатолию Ивановичу и Валентине В а сил ьевн е Гай д ук Acknowledgments First of all I would like to thank my supervisor Prof. Dr. C.A.M. Seidel for giving me the opportunity to work on interesting interdisciplinary projects, to study and improve my knowledge in various fields of physics and chemistry. I am grateful for your enthusiasm, for fruitful discussions and ideas, for your help in understanding the results as well as for your faith in me and your kind support in everyday life outside lab. I am truly grateful to… Dr. Suren Felekyan for his help in various aspects of single molecules fluorescence detection and analysis. I would like to thank you for always showing interest in my work and for your critical remarks.