DNA-templated construction of copper nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-363

  Monson, Christopher F ^a   Woolley, Adam T ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATION; COPPER; DNA; NITRIC OXIDE; SILICON;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COATED PARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; NANOPARTICLE;

EID: 0038582003     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034016+     Document Type: Article

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