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Molecular Electronics: Long‐Range Charge Transport in Adenine‐Stacked RNA:DNA Hybrids (Small 4/2016)
Author(s) -
Li Yuanhui,
Artés Juan M.,
Hihath Joshua
Publication year - 2016
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.201670016
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , charge (physics) , oligonucleotide , dna , molecule , conductance , molecular electronics , range (aeronautics) , materials science , substrate (aquarium) , rna , quantum tunnelling , nanotechnology , chemical physics , chemistry , optoelectronics , condensed matter physics , physics , biology , gene , biochemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , composite material
Oligonucleotide duplexes in solution are captured between the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope and a gold substrate to measure the conductance of the molecule. On page 432, J. Hihath and co‐authors show that A:T rich RNA:DNA hybrids exhibit long‐range charge transport with a weak length‐dependence through the A:T pairs. Cover image by Yuanhui Li.
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