Nonlinear current-voltage characteristics measured across circular deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule bundles

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Romano, P ^a   Polcari, A ^b   Verruso, B ^a   Colantuoni, V ^a   Saldarriaga, W ^c   Baca, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Regionale SuperMat   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GOLD; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

DIFFERENT MOLECULAR SIZES; LONG-RANGE CONDUCTION MECHANISM; NYLON POROUS MEMBRANE; WATER MANTLE;

DNA;

EID: 36649015188     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2817648     Document Type: Article

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