Electrical transport through 60 base pairs of poly(dG)-poly(dC) DNA molecules

J. S. Hwang, K. J. Kong, D. Ahn, G. S. Lee, D. J. Ahn, S. W. Hwang

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Abstract

We report electrical transport through 60 base pairs of poly(dG)-poly(dC) DNA molecules. The DNA solution is dropped on two metal electrodes with the gap of 20 nm. The current-voltage characteristics measured between the electrodes exhibits clear staircases, which are reproducible over repeated measurements. The size of the observed staircases is consistent with the energy gap obtained from a tight binding calculation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1134-1136
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume81
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002 Aug 5

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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