Gate-modulated graphene quantum point contact device for DNA sensing

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 839-846

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

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

Author keywords

Device; Nanopore; QPC; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE; NANOPORES; NANORIBBONS; POISSON EQUATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DEVICE; DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA MOLECULE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON (GNR); QPC; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; SIMULATION; TIGHT BINDING MODEL;

POINT CONTACTS;

EID: 84927123715     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-014-0596-6     Document Type: Article

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