Nanoscale methods for single-molecule electrochemistry

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 383-404

  Mathwig, Klaus ^a   Aartsma, Thijs J ^b   Canters, Gerard W ^b   Lemay, Serge G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrochemical nanofluidics; Electron transfer; Fluorescence detection; Metal molecule metal junctions

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NANOFLUIDICS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TRANSDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; MACROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; METAL-MOLECULE-METAL JUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NANO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; POPULATION HETEROGENEITY;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEINS;

EID: 84904338425     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-062012-092557     Document Type: Review

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