Triggering Amino Acid Detection by Atomistic Resolved Tunneling Current Signals in Graphene Nanoribbon Devices for Peptide Sequencing
Tommaso Civitarese, Giuseppe Zollo
Abstract
The transversal tunneling current flowing across a narrow nanogap is employed for amino acid recognition in polypeptides during their translocation across the nanogap. An ideal device, consisting o...
Topics & Concepts
GrapheneQuantum tunnellingMaterials scienceChemical physicsElectronDensity functional theoryOptoelectronicsPeptideGraphene nanoribbonsAmino acidNanotechnologyChemistryPhysicsComputational chemistryNuclear magnetic resonanceQuantum mechanicsBiochemistryGraphene research and applicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures