Single-molecule identification via electric current noise

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Tsutsui, Makusu ^a   Taniguchi, Masateru ^a,b   Kawai, Tomoji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NOISE; VIBRATION;

EID: 79251561847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1141     Document Type: Article

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