Controlling nanopore size, shape and stability

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Van Den Hout, Michiel ^a   Hall, Adam R ^a   Wu, Meng Yue ^a   Zandbergen, Henny W ^a   Dekker, Cees ^a   Dekker, Nynke H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BEAM SIZE; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOLOGICAL POLYMERS; DEVICE INTEGRATION; DIFFERENT SIZES; NANOPORE SIZE; OPTIMAL STABILITY; SOLID-STATE NANOPORE; TEM; THERMAL OXIDATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

BIOPOLYMERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FABRICATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA; SILICON NITRIDE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOPORES;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY;

EID: 77349126555     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/11/115304     Document Type: Article

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