Fluctuation-Facilitated Charge Migration along DNA

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12 May 2000

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0005200

Abstract

We propose a model Hamiltonian for charge transfer along the DNA double helix with temperature driven fluctuations in the base pair positions acting as the rate limiting factor for charge transfer between neighboring base pairs. We compare the predictions of the model with the recent work of J.K. Barton and A.H. Zewail (Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, {\bf 96}, 6014 (1999)) on the unusual two-stage charge transfer of DNA.

Keywords

PREDICTIONS OF THE MODEL
FLUCTUATION FACILITATED
FACILITATED CHARGE
MODEL HAMILTONIAN
CHARGE MIGRATION
CHARGE TRANSFER
MIGRATION
BASE PAIR
DNA

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Version 1, 2000-05-12, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review Letters, 85 (20), 4393.

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