A theoretical study of the electrochemical gate effect in an STM-based biomolecular transistor

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 561-570

  Corni, Stefano ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Molecular electronics; Proteins

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTATICS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROTEINS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

BIOMOLECULAR TRANSISTORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CURRENT GATING; ELECTROCHEMICAL SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY (ECSTM); TUNNELING JUNCTIONS;

GATES (TRANSISTOR);

EID: 34648847092     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2007.905548     Document Type: Article

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