Electronic properties of molecular memory circuits on a nanoscale scaffold

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 270-274

  Blum, Amy Szuchmacher ^a   Soto, Carissa M ^a   Wilson, Charmaine D ^b   Amsinck, Christian ^c   Franzon, Paul ^c   Ratna, Banahalli R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Molecular electronics; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MOLECULAR MEMORY CIRCUITS; VIRAL SCAFFOLDS;

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

CYSTEINE; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; COWPEA; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOSAIC VIRUS; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS CAPSID;

BINDING SITES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIONICS; COMOVIRUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; ION EXCHANGE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

COWPEA MOSAIC VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 36749059933     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2007.908978     Document Type: Article

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