Insulating behavior for DNA molecules between nanoelectrodes at the 100 nm length scale

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3881-3883

  Storm, A J ^a   Van Noort, J ^a   De Vries, S ^a   Dekker, C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035803316     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1421086     Document Type: Article

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