Polynucleotide kinetic measurements

Useful information about the adsorption kinetics, mobility of the adsorbed polynucleotide segments, and mechanism of electrode processes can be obtained by measurement of the frequency dependence of the impedance of the electrode double layer (EIS) [31, 88, 207-209]. If the adsorption/desorption process is slow with respect to the period of the a.c. potential used for the impedance measurement, the measured capacitance values decrease with increasing frequency (dispersion of the capacity). The frequency effect is most remarkable around the potentials of adsorption/desorption peaks. With more flexible ss polynucleotides, the frequency effect is larger than with the more rigid ds ones [210]. 

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