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Contact with just one antibody molecule regulates current flow through a transistor.
An ultra-sensitive detector includes an antibody-coated ‘gate’ (brown rectangle, centre), which controls the current flowing through electrodes (gold lines). Credit: Eleonora Macchia
A millimetre-sized device that detects a single molecule demonstrates world-record sensitivity, according to the device’s creators.
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Nature 560, 413 (2018)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05950-z
