Single-molecule junction spontaneously restored by DNA zipper

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 5762 - 7
• Main Authors: Harashima, Takanori, Fujii, Shintaro, Jono, Yuki, Terakawa, Tsuyoshi, Kurita, Noriyuki, Kaneko, Satoshi, Kiguchi, Manabu, Nishino, Tomoaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.10.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 147/138; 631/45/147; 639/925/927/998; Conductance; Configurations; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Electrical junctions; Electrical measurement; Electrical properties; Electrodes; Electronic devices; Electronic equipment; Experiments; Humanities and Social Sciences; Mechanical components; Microscopy; Molecular electronics; multidisciplinary; Nanotechnology; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Thermodynamic equilibrium; Transport phenomena
• ISSN: 2041-1723; 2041-1723
• DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25943-3

The electrical properties of DNA have been extensively investigated within the field of molecular electronics. Previous studies on this topic primarily focused on the transport phenomena in the static structure at thermodynamic equilibria. Consequently, the properties of higher-order structures of D...