How to understand and interpret current flow in nanopore/electrode devices

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 6714-6725

  Albrecht, Tim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

nanopore; sensing; sequencing; single molecule; solid state

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CURRENT FLOWS; DESIGN CRITERION; DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCING; IMPEDANCE MODELING; MARKET PLACE; OPERATING CONDITION; SENSING; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SEQUENCING; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SOLID-STATE; THIRD ELECTRODE; ULTRA-FAST;

ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRODES; GENE ENCODING; SENSORS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NANOPORES;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; NANOPORE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPORES;

EID: 80052060231     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn202253z     Document Type: Article

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