Silicon nanopores as bioelectronic devices: A simulation study

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-97

  Smolyanitsky, Alex ^a   Saraniti, Marco ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics simulation; Ion adsorption; Ionic conduction; Nanopore; Silica surface

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRONIC DEVICE; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATION; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; BULK ELECTROLYTES; DNA SEQUENCING; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; ION ADSORPTION; MOLECULAR SENSING; NANOSCALE DIMENSIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; POTASSIUM ADSORPTION; SILICA SURFACE; SIMULATION STUDIES; SURFACE ELECTRIC CHARGE; WORK FOCUS;

ADSORPTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; IONIC CONDUCTION; NANOPORES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SILICA; SIMULATORS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 70350621628     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-009-0275-1     Document Type: Article

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