The molecular density of states in bacterial nanowires

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  El Naggar, Mohamed Y ^a   Gorby, Yuri A ^b   Xia, Wei ^c   Nealson, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Veeco Metrology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEWANELLA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 46749105548     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.134411     Document Type: Article

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