Tailoring the hydrophobicity of graphene for its use as nanopores for DNA translocation

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schneider, Grégory F ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Hage, Susanne ^a   Luik, Stephanie ^a   Spoor, Johannes N H ^a   Malladi, Sairam ^a   Zandbergen, Henny ^a   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GRAPHENE; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRENE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; GRAPHITE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; HEATING; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERACTIONS WITH DNA; NANOPORE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE M13; GENETIC PROCEDURES; POROSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; BACTERIOPHAGE M13;

BACTERIOPHAGE M13; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; GRAPHITE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; NANOPORES; POROSITY; PYRENES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84888239820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3619     Document Type: Article

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