Electrical and Mechanical Characteristics of DNA Bundles Revealed by Silicon Nanotweezers

Author

Yamahata, Christophe ; Takekawa, Tetsuya ; Kumemura, Momoko ; Hosogi, Maho ; Hashiguchi, Gen ; Collard, Dominique ; Fujita, Hiroyuki

Author_Institution

Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo

fYear

2007

fDate

10-14 June 2007

Firstpage

395

Lastpage

398

Abstract

This paper deals with the first simultaneous electrical and mechanical characterization of DNA bundles by a MEMS tool. The silicon-based device has an integrated actuator and a differential capacitive position sensor. Our experiments show that under constant humidity conditions, a rope of DNA has a nearly Ohmic conductivity and behaves as a viscoelastic material.

Keywords

DNA; biological techniques; capacitive sensors; micromechanical devices; micropositioning; nanotechnology; position measurement; viscoelasticity; DNA bundles; MEMS tool; differential capacitive position sensor; electrical characteristic; integrated actuator; mechanical characteristic; ohmic conductivity; silicon nanotweezers; viscoelastic material; Actuators; Capacitive sensors; Conductivity; DNA; Humidity; Mechanical sensors; Micromechanical devices; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Silicon; Viscosity; DNA tweezers; Dielectrophoresis; Differential capacitive sensor; Molecular conduction; Â¿-DNA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, 2007. TRANSDUCERS 2007. International

Conference_Location

Lyon

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0842-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0842-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300151

Filename

4300151