Signal transmission, conversion and multiplication by polar molecules confined in nanochannels

Nanoscale

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1976-1983

  Tu, Yusong ^a,b,c   Zhou, Ruhong ^d,e   Fang, Haiping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE DESIGNS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MOLECULAR SIGNALS; NANO CHANNELS; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE ELECTRONIC DEVICES; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES; POLAR MOLECULES; POSSIBLE FUTURES; RECENT PROGRESS; SIGNAL CONDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOSCIENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOTUBE; PROTEIN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 77957896099     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0nr00304b     Document Type: Article

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