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DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function
Beyond being the repository of genetic information, DNA is playing an increasingly important role as a building block for molecular electronics. Its inherent structural and molecular recognition properties render it a leading candidate for molecular electronics applications. The structural stability...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29342091 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfb9010008 |
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description | Beyond being the repository of genetic information, DNA is playing an increasingly important role as a building block for molecular electronics. Its inherent structural and molecular recognition properties render it a leading candidate for molecular electronics applications. The structural stability, diversity and programmability of DNA provide overwhelming freedom for the design and fabrication of molecular-scale devices. In the past two decades DNA has therefore attracted inordinate amounts of attention in molecular electronics. This review gives a brief survey of recent experimental progress in DNA-based single-molecule electronics with special focus on single-molecule conductance and I–V characteristics of individual DNA molecules. Existing challenges and exciting future opportunities are also discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-58720942018-03-30 DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function Wang, Kun J Funct Biomater Review Beyond being the repository of genetic information, DNA is playing an increasingly important role as a building block for molecular electronics. Its inherent structural and molecular recognition properties render it a leading candidate for molecular electronics applications. The structural stability, diversity and programmability of DNA provide overwhelming freedom for the design and fabrication of molecular-scale devices. In the past two decades DNA has therefore attracted inordinate amounts of attention in molecular electronics. This review gives a brief survey of recent experimental progress in DNA-based single-molecule electronics with special focus on single-molecule conductance and I–V characteristics of individual DNA molecules. Existing challenges and exciting future opportunities are also discussed. MDPI 2018-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5872094/ /pubmed/29342091 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfb9010008 Text en © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Wang, Kun DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function |
title | DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function |
title_full | DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function |
title_fullStr | DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function |
title_full_unstemmed | DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function |
title_short | DNA-Based Single-Molecule Electronics: From Concept to Function |
title_sort | dna-based single-molecule electronics: from concept to function |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5872094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29342091 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jfb9010008 |
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