title: Long-Range Charge Transport in Adenine-Stacked RNA:DNA Hybrids.
abstract: An extremely important biological component, RNA:DNA can also be used to design nanoscale structures such as molecular wires. The conductance of single adenine-stacked RNA:DNA hybrids is rapidly and reproducibly measured using the break junction approach. The conductance decreases slightly over a large range of molecular lengths, suggesting that RNA:DNA can be used as an oligonucleotide wire.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Yuanhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Artés
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hihath
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004583:Electrons; D016252:Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D000225:Adenine
keywords: RNA:DNA hybrids; charge transport mechanisms; molecular electronics; scanning tunneling microscope break junctions; single molecule conductance