Nanoscale electrical conductivity of the purple membrane monolayer

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Casuso, I ^a   Fumagalli, L ^a   Samitier, J ^a   Padros E ^b   Reggiani, L ^c   Akimov, V ^c   Gomila, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PROTEINS;

MACROSCALE MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 35648959229     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041919     Document Type: Article

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