Tunable graphene quantum point contact transistor for DNA detection and characterization

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2015, Pages

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

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

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

Author keywords

DNA; Graphene membrane; Multi scale model; Solid state nanopore

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GRAPHENE; MOLECULES; NANOPORES; POINT CONTACTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS; DNA TRANSLOCATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA MOLECULES; SOLID-STATE NANOPORE;

DNA;

DNA; GRAPHITE; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NANOPORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GRAPHITE; NANOPORES; QUANTUM DOTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84925004206     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/13/134005     Document Type: Article

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