Conduction and dielectric polarisation in proteins and molecular complexes
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 1: Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases
- Vol. 77 (7) , 1729-1732
- https://doi.org/10.1039/f19817701729
Abstract
For wealky conducting materials such as proteins and certain molecular solids the charge-transport mechanism often involves the phonon-assisted hopping of charge carriers between localised sites. It is shown here that for such materials a direct relationship exists between the steady-state conductivity and the relaxation time of the dielectric dispersion that arises from the hopping charges. A theoretical relationship is derived which accurately describes the conductivity and dielectric properties of bovine serum albumin and the perylene–chloranil complex.Keywords
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