Single-molecule conductance measurements of single- and double-stranded DNA oligonucleotides

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-98

  Van Zalinge, Harm ^a   Schiffrin, David J ^a   Bates, Andrew D ^a   Haiss, Wolfgang ^a   Ulstrup, Jens ^b   Nichols, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DNA; Electron transfer; Oligonucleotides; Scanning probe microscopy; Single molecule studies

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

BASE STACKING; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES; SINGLE MOLECULE CONDUCTANCE; SINGLE-MOLECULE STUDIES;

DNA;

EID: 31144463995     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200500413     Document Type: Article

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