Drying of DNA droplets.

The evaporation kinetics of droplets containing DNA was studied, as a function of DNA concentration. Drops containing very low DNA concentrations dried by maintaining a constant base, whereas those with high concentration dried with a constant contact angle. To understand this phenomenon, the distribution of the DNA inside the droplet was measured using confocal microscopy.

DNA separation at a liquid-solid interface.

We demonstrate that it is possible to separate a broad band of DNA on a solid substrate without topological obstacles. The mobility was found to scale with molecular size (N) as N(-0.25), while the resolution scaled as N(0.