Molecular Electronics: Long-Range Charge Transport in Adenine-Stacked RNA:DNA Hybrids (Small 4/2016)

Oligonucleotide duplexes in solution are captured between the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope and a gold substrate to measure the conductance of the molecule. On page 432, J. Hihath and co-authors show that A:T rich RNA:DNA hybrids exhibit long-range charge transport with a weak length-dependence through the A:T pairs. Cover image by Yuanhui Li.