Theoretical study of electronic transport through dna nucleotides in a double-functionalized graphene nanogap

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 15421-15428

  Prasongkit, Jariyanee ^a,b,c   Grigoriev, Anton ^c   Pathak, Biswarup ^c,d   Ahuja, Rajeev ^c,e   Scheicher, Ralph H ^c  

^a NAKHON PHANOM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDORE   (India)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE PROPERTIES; DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCES; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE EFFECT; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY; TUNNELING CURRENT;

DNA SEQUENCES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES;

NUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84880849363     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4048743     Document Type: Article

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