G-quartet biomolecular nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3331-3333

  Calzolari, A ^a   Di Felice, R ^a   Molinari, E ^a   Garbesi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-MOLECULAR; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; G-QUARTET; MOLECULAR NANOELECTRONICS; QUADRUPLE HELICES; TETRAMERS; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR;

HYDROGEN; NANOWIRES; OLIGOMERS; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955988254     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1476700     Document Type: Article

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