Resolving the mystery of the elusive peak: Negative differential resistance in redox proteins

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1125-1128

  Mentovich, Elad D ^a   Belgorodsky, Bogdan ^a   Richter, Shachar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; MOLECULAR TRANSISTORS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; REDOX CENTERS; REDOX PROTEINS; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORT DATA;

NEGATIVE RESISTANCE;

EID: 79957627750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200304s     Document Type: Article

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