Variable-temperature measurements of the single-molecule conductance of double-stranded DNA

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 5499-5502

  Van Zalinge, Harm ^a   Schiffrin, David J ^a   Bates, Andrew D ^a   Starikov, Evgeni B ^b   Wenzel, Wolfgang ^b   Nichols, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conducting materials; DNA; Scanning probe microscopy; Single molecule studies

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-MOLECULE STUDIES;

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DNA;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33748666620     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200601263     Document Type: Article

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