A DNA sensor for sequencing and mismatches based on electron transport through Watson-Crick and non-Watson-Crick base pairs

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 803-814

  Jauregui, Luis A ^b,c   Seminario, Jorge M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA   (Peru)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Molecular electronics; Molecular electrostatic potential (MEP); Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; CURRENT DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DNA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; GENES; GREEN'S FUNCTION; METALLIZING; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCANNING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BASE PAIRS; CURRENT VOLTAGE; CURRENT VOLTAGE (I V) CHARACTERISTICS; DENSITY OF STATES (DOF); DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL (DF); DNA BASE; DNA SENSORS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS (ETP); ELECTRON TRANSPORT (ET); METALLIC ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL (MESP); TRANSMISSION FUNCTIONS; WATSON CRICK PAIRS; WATSON-CRICK (WC) BASE PAIRS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 44649171571     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.923232     Document Type: Article

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