Spin selectivity in electron transmission through self-assembled monolayers of double-stranded DNA

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6019, 2011, Pages 894-897

  Gohler B ^a   Hamelbeck, V ^a   Markus, T Z ^b   Kettner, M ^a   Hanne, G F ^a   Vager, Z ^b   Naaman, R ^b   Zacharias, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GOLD;

ELECTRON; FILTER; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FILTER; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DNA; ELECTRONS; GOLD; LASERS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79951826835     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1199339     Document Type: Article

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