Electronic signature of DNA nucleotides via transverse transport

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-424

  Zwolak, Michael ^a   Di Ventra, Massimiliano ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HYDROGEN; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ROTATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DNA;

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; NUCLEOTIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 16244377077     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl048289w     Document Type: Article

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