A possible origin of carrier doping into DNA

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2089-2092

  Kino, Hiori ^a   Tateno, Masaru ^b,c   Boero, Mauro ^d   Torres, Jose A ^b,c   Ohno, Takahisa ^a   Terakura, Kiyoyuki ^b,e   Fukuyama, Hidetoshi ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anderson localization; DNA; Electronic structures; Semiconductor physics; Transport properties

Indexed keywords

DNA; METAL ION;

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; HYDRATION; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS;

EID: 20044371683     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.73.2089     Document Type: Article

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