Direct measurement of electrical transport through DNA molecules

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6770, 2000, Pages 635-638

  Porath, Danny ^a   Bezryadin, Alexey ^a,b   De Vries, Simon ^a   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONDUCTOR; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROELECTRODES;

EID: 0034628434     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35001029     Document Type: Article

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