Interpreting the conductance blockades of DNA translocations through solid-state nanopores

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4754-4760

  Carlsen, Autumn T ^a   Zahid, Osama K ^a   Ruzicka, Jan ^b   Taylor, Ethan W ^b   Hall, Adam R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

conductance blockade; DNA; nanopore; single molecule; translocation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; DNA TRANSLOCATION; ELECTRICAL SIGNATURES; SIMPLE MODELING; SINGLE MOLECULE; SOLID-STATE NANOPORE; TRANSLOCATION; TRANSLOCATION PROCESS;

NANOPORES;

DNA; ION; SILICON;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOPORE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IONS; KINETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOPORES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICON; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84899985657     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn501694n     Document Type: Article

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