An in Silico design for a DNA nanomechanical switch

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5737-5742

  Řeha, David ^a   Voityuk, Alexander A ^b   Harris, Sarah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA conduction; semi empirical quantum mechanics; steered molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL STRETCHING; IN-SILICO; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; NANOMECHANICAL SWITCHES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; STEERED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRETCHING FORCE; TRANSFER PROPERTIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DYNAMICS; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DNA;

DNA; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78049333560     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1014038     Document Type: Article

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