Logic implementations using a single nanoparticle-protein hybrid

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 451-457

  Medalsy, Izhar ^a   Klein, Michael ^a   Heyman, Arnon ^a   Shoseyov, Oded ^a   Remacle, F ^b   Levine, R D ^a   Porath, Danny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTATION THEORY; LOGIC DEVICES; NANOPARTICLES; PROTEINS;

CIRCULAR PROTEINS; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRICAL ISOLATION; ENERGY COST; MACHINE OPERATING; PROTEIN HYBRIDS; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

HYBRID PROTEIN; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY COST; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955228206     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.62     Document Type: Article

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