Conformational solitons in stacked systems
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 37 (11) , 4429-4438
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.37.4429
Abstract
With the help of numerical simulations using an extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger-type Hamiltonian, the existence of solitary waves in a polyformamide stack is shown. Each formamide unit in the stack has three geometrical degrees of freedom during the time simulation. The passing of a solitary wave through the stack and its reflection at the end of the chain is shown. In addition, the collision of two solitary waves is discussed.Keywords
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