Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Single DNA Molecules

Ryndyk, Dmitry A. and Shapir, Errez and Porath, Danny and Calzolari, Arrigo and Di Felice, Rosa and Cuniberti, Gianaurelio (2009) Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Single DNA Molecules. ACS NANO, 3 (7). pp. 1651-1656. ISSN 1936-0851, 1936-086X

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Abstract

We briefly present the results of recent experiments of transverse scanning tunneling spectroscopy of homogeneous poly(dG)-poly(dC) DNA molecules and discuss them in the light of theoretical investigation. A semiempirical theoretical model is adopted to describe the transverse tunneling current across a DNA molecule placed between a metallic gold substrate and a metallic STM tip. We show that the main trends in the positions and relative magnitudes of the conductance peaks can be explained by a minimal model of a double tunnel junction with the molecule-electrode couplings and the applied voltage explicitly taken into account.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA; ELECTRICAL-TRANSPORT; CONDUCTANCE; ACID; DNA; molecular nanoelectronics; scanning probe microscopy; theoretical modeling
Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Divisions: Physics > Institute of Theroretical Physics > Alumni or Retired Professors > Group Joachim Keller
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 10 Sep 2020 10:34
Last Modified: 10 Sep 2020 10:34
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/28712

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