Recognition tunneling measurement of the conductance of DNA bases embedded in self-assembled monolayers

Shuo Huang; Shuai Chang; Jin He; Peiming Zhang; Feng Liang; Michael Tuchband; Shengqing Li; Stuart Lindsay

doi:10.1021/jp104792s

Recognition tunneling measurement of the conductance of DNA bases embedded in self-assembled monolayers

Shuo Huang, Shuai Chang, Jin He, Peiming Zhang, Feng Liang, Michael Tuchband, Shengqing Li, Stuart Lindsay

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Abstract

The DNA bases interact strongly with gold electrodes, complicating efforts to measure the tunneling conductance through hydrogen-bonded Watson-Crick base pairs. When bases are embedded in a self-assembled alkanethiol monolayer to minimize these interactions, new features appear in the tunneling data. These new features track the predictions of density functional calculations quite well, suggesting that they reflect tunnel conductance through hydrogen-bonded base pairs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	20443-20448
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume	114
Issue number	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp104792s
State	Published - Dec 9 2010

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Energy(all)
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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Recognition tunneling measurement of the conductance of DNA bases embedded in self-assembled monolayers. / Huang, Shuo; Chang, Shuai; He, Jin; Zhang, Peiming; Liang, Feng; Tuchband, Michael; Li, Shengqing; Lindsay, Stuart.

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 114, No. 48, 09.12.2010, p. 20443-20448.

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