Tunnelling readout of hydrogen-bonding-based recognition

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 297-301

  Chang, Shuai ^a   He, Jin ^a   Kibel, Ashley ^a   Lee, Myeong ^a   Sankey, Otto ^a   Zhang, Peiming ^a   Lindsay, Stuart ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION;

ADENINE-THYMINE; ATTRACTIVE FORCE; BONDED INTERACTIONS; DNA BASE PAIRING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC SIGNALS; GUANINE CYTOSINES; MOLECULAR JUNCTION;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METHODOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

HYDROGEN;

HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDING; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 67049154135     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.48     Document Type: Article

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