Absence of dc-conductivity in λ-DNA

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 4992-4995

  De Pablo, P J ^a   Moreno Herrero, F ^a   Colchero, J ^a,b   Gomez Herrero J ^a,b   Herrero, P ^c   Baro A M ^a,b   Ordejón, Pablo ^d   Soler, José M ^a,b,e   Artacho, Emilio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; MICA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON BOMBARDMENT; MOLECULAR SCALE;

DNA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; DNA; HUMANS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0034351063     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4992     Document Type: Article

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