Electronic detection of dsDNA transition from helical to zipper conformation using graphene nanopores

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 44, 2014, Pages

  Sathe, Chaitanya ^a,b   Girdhar, Anuj ^a,b   Leburton, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Schulten, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; electronic conductance; graphene; molecular dynamics; nanopore; quantum point contact

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPORES;

DNA SEQUENCING; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRONIC DETECTION; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT;

GRAPHENE;

DNA; GRAPHITE;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRONICS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPORE; PROCEDURES; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA; ELECTRONICS; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOPORES; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84908181095     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/44/445105     Document Type: Article

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