Properties of specific electron helical states leads to spin filtering effect in dsDNA molecules

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 378, Issue 22-23, 2014, Pages 1647-1650

  Kuzmin, S L ^a   Duley, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nanoelectronics; One dimensional structures; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MONOLAYERS; NANOELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; SPINTRONICS;

ADSORBED MONOLAYERS; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA (DS-DNA); HIGH SPIN POLARIZATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84900809381     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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