Author(s): Jonas N. Pedersen, Christopher J. Lüscher, Rodolphe Marie, Lasse H. Thamdrup, Anders Kristensen, and Henrik Flyvbjerg
The thermopheretic forces arising from temperature gradients over a single DNA strand have been measured using the DNA strand itself, which effectively acts as a tiny spring balance.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 268301] Published Tue Dec 30, 2014