Graphene as a subnanometre trans-electrode membrane

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7312, 2010, Pages 190-193

  Garaj, S ^a   Hubbard, W ^b   Reina, A ^c   Kong, J ^d   Branton, D ^a   Golovchenko, J A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; CARBON; DNA;

CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; GRAPHITE; INSULATION; MEMBRANE; SENSOR;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ION CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOPORE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CARBON; DNA; ELECTRODES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77956556804     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09379     Document Type: Article

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