Enhanced DNA Separation Rates in Nano-Platinum Doped Agarose

Shantanu Bhattacharya1 4 7, Nripen Chanda3, Yi-Shao Liu4, Sheila A. Grant1, Keshab Gangopadhyay2 6, Paul R. Sharp3, Rashid Bashir4 5 ∗, and Shubhra Gangopadhyay2 ∗ 1Department of Biological Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA 3Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA 4Birck Nanotechnology Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 5Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, 2000 MC-249, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, IL, USA 6Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA 7Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Insitute of Technology, Kanpur, UP, India