Novel DNA-Based Molecules and Their Charge Transport Properties
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The DNA double-strand recognition, as well as the ability to manipulate its structure open a multitude of ways to make it useful for molecular electronics. Step by step we improve the synthesized constructs and the measurement methods of single DNAbased molecules. I will present new DNA-based metalized molecules and report on our measurements of their energy level structure and transport properties. I will also report new measurements on dsDNA molecules that point out to an unexpected mechanism.
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