1998/08/30 by Eshel Ben-Jacob, Eshel Ben‐Jacob, Ben-Jacob, Eshel +4
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Computer Science · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques #Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures #Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata #physics.bio-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/9808044
3 pages, RevTex, 4 PostScript figures
arxiv created 1998/08/30 · openalex publication_date 1998/08/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Based on the understanding that chemical bonds can act as tunnel junctions in the Coulomb blockade regime, and on the technical ability to coat a DNA strand with metal, we suggest that DNA can be used to built logical devices. We discuss two explicit examples: a Single Electron Tunneling Transistor (SET) and a Quantum Bit Element. These devices would be literally in the nano-meter scale and would be able to operate at room temperature. In addition they would be identical to each other, highly stable and would have a self assembly property.