Title
DNA origami impedance measurement at room temperature
Date Issued
01 January 2009
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Bellido E.P.
Rangel N.L.
Zhong H.
Norton M.L.
Sinitskii A.
Seminario J.M.
Texas A and M University
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Physics
Abstract
The frequency response of triangular DNA origami is obtained at room temperature. The sample shows a high impedance at low frequencies, e.g., at zero frequency 20 GΩ, which decreases almost linearly with the logarithm of the frequency reaching a low and flat value at 100 kHz where the impedance turns from capacitive to resistive, concluding that DNA can be used for transmission of signals at frequencies larger than 100 kHz. It is also found that characteristics of DNA cannot be completely disentangled from the characteristics of the substrate on which it is deposited, making the design of molecular circuits more challenging than the design of circuits with present lumped devices; this is a natural feature at the nanoscale.
Volume
130
Issue
17
Number
171101
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-materiales
Nano-procesos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-65549132451
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Chemical Physics
ISSN of the container
00219606
Sponsor(s)
This work has been supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency through the Army Research Office (ARO).
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