Single cigar-shaped nanopores functionalized with amphoteric amino acid chains: Experimental and theoretical characterization

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3631-3640

  Ali, Mubarak ^a,b   Ramirez, Patricio ^c   Nguyen, Hung Quoc ^a,b   Nasir, Saima ^a,b   Cervera, Javier ^d   Mafe, Salvador ^d   Ensinger, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

amphoteric amino acid chains; cigar shaped nanopore; current voltage curves; logic functions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID CHAINS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DRUG CONTROLLED RELEASE; ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION; ETCHING TIME; EXTERNAL SOLUTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; I - V CURVE; ION CHANNEL; LOGIC FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL IMAGE; PH-RESPONSIVE; PORE SURFACE; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECTIFYING BEHAVIORS; RECTIFYING PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRANSPORT SIMULATION; TUNABILITIES;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHARACTERIZATION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IODINE; NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOPORES;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LOGIC; NANOPORE; PH; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOGIC; LYSINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPORES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84860376454     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3010119     Document Type: Article

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