Ferritin-Based Single-Electron Devices

Ferritin-Based Single-Electron Devices

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We report on the fabrication of single-electron devices based on horse-spleen ferritin particles.At low temperatures the current vs.voltage characteristics are stable, enabling the acquisition Ash Catchers of reproducible data that establishes the Coulomb blockade as the main transport mechanism through them.Excellent agreement between the experimental Building Set data and the Coulomb blockade theory is demonstrated.Single-electron charge transport in ferritin, thus, establishes a route for further characterization of their, e.

g., magnetic, properties down to the single-particle level, with prospects for electronic and medical applications.