1 # Copyright (C) 2010 W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
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19 """Define :class:`Experiment` and assorted subclasses.
21 This allows :class:`hooke.plugin.Plugin`\s to specify the types of
22 experiments they can handle.
25 class Experiment (object):
26 """Base class for experiment classification.
30 class ForceClamp (Experiment):
31 """Constant force force spectroscopy [#fernandez2004]_.
33 .. [#fernandez2004] J.M. Fernandez, H. Li.
34 "Force-Clamp Spectroscopy Monitors the Folding Trajectory of a
37 doi: `10.1126/science.1092497 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1092497>`_
41 class VelocityClamp (Experiment):
42 """Constant piezo velocity force spectroscopy [#rief1997]_.
44 .. [#rief1997] M. Rief, M. Gautel, F. Oesterhelt, J.M. Fernandez,
46 "Reversible Unfolding of Individual Titin Immunoglobulin Domains by AFM."
48 doi: `10.1126/science.276.5315.1109 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5315.1109>`_
52 class TwoColorCoincidenceDetection (Experiment):
53 """Two-color fluorescence coincidence spectroscopy [#clarke2007]_.
55 .. [#clarke2007] R.W. Clarke, A. Orte, D. Klenerman.
56 "Optimized Threshold Selection for Single-Molecule Two-Color
57 Fluorescence Coincidence Spectroscopy."
59 doi: `10.1021/ac062188w <http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac062188w>`_