Theoretical prescriptions for improving conductances of short DNA segments sandwiched between metal electrodes

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 9 A, 2003, Pages 5887-5891

  Tagami, Katsunori ^a,b   Matsumoto, Takuya ^c   Kawai, Tomoji ^c   Tsukada, Masaru ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Band resonant tunneling; DNA; Electronic transport; Gate bias; Mechanical deformation; Theoretical calculation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BAND STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FERMI LEVEL; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

BAND RESONANCE TUNNELING; EXCESS CHARGE FLOW; GATE BIAS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; NEGATIVE GATE BIAS VOLTAGE; TIGHT BINDING MODEL;

DNA;

EID: 0344925520     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.5887     Document Type: Article

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