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Protein Conduction and Negative Differential Resistance in Large‐Scale Nanojunction Arrays
Author(s) -
Maruccio Giuseppe,
Marzo Pasquale,
Krahne Roman,
Passaseo Adriana,
Cingolani Roberto,
Rinaldi Ross
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200600600
Subject(s) - azurin , quantum tunnelling , thermal conduction , nanotechnology , molecular electronics , materials science , molecule , molecular wire , fabrication , chemical physics , copper , optoelectronics , chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , medicine , alternative medicine , organic chemistry , pathology
Tunnel vision : Transport in molecular tunnel junctions (see image) based on the blue‐copper protein Azurin is investigated at the single‐molecule level under ambient conditions. The conduction of Azurin is governed by tunneling processes through molecular redox levels and the pathway for the charge transport inside the molecule is discussed. This novel fabrication allows for nanojunction arrays for complex circuits of nano‐objects.