Proteins as solid-state electronic conductors

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 945-953

  Ron, Izhar ^a   Pecht, Israel ^a   Sheves, Mordechai ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZURIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT;

AZURIN; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PROTEINS;

EID: 77954844291     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900161u     Document Type: Article

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