Impedance measurements on a DNA junction. Academic Article

abstract

• 1 microm double-stranded DNA molecules are immobilized between pairs of gold and pairs of platinum microelectrodes with gaps of 0.4 and 1 microm, respectively, and their electrical characteristics are determined under the application of constant and sinusoidal bias voltages. Due to their extremely high impedance for constant voltage bias, the samples of DNA are excellent insulators; however, their impedances show strong frequency dependence in the range of 10 Hz-7.5 MHz. Favorable response in the gold electrodes is attributed to the higher ability of DNA molecules to bridge the narrower gold electrode gaps in contrast to that in the wider platinum junctions.

authors

• Seminario, Jorge

published proceedings

• J Chem Phys

author list (cited authors)

• Hong, S., Jauregui, L. A., Rangel, N. L., Cao, H., Day, B. S., Norton, M. L., Sinitskii, A. S., & Seminario, J. M.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• Hong, Sungmin||Jauregui, Luis A||Rangel, Norma L||Cao, Huan||Day, B Scott||Norton, Michael L||Sinitskii, Alexander S||Seminario, Jorge M

publication date

• May 2008

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Chemical Physics  Journal

keywords

• DNA
• Electric Impedance
• Electrodes
• Gold
• Metal Nanoparticles
• Platinum

PubMed Central ID

• 18513002

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.2937127

start page

• 201103

end page

• 201103

volume

• 128

issue

• 20

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2937127