Electronic structure of single DNA molecules resolved by transverse scanning tunnelling spectroscopy

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-74

  Shapir, Errez ^a   Cohen, Hezy ^a   Calzolari, Arrigo ^b   Cavazzoni, Carlo ^b,c   Ryndyk, Dmitry A ^d   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^d,f   Kotlyar, Alexander ^e   Di Felice, Rosa ^b   Porath, Danny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c CINECA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CRYOGENICS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ENERGY SPECTRUM; MOLECULAR COMPONENTS;

DNA;

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 37649025184     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2060     Document Type: Article

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