Hole interactions with molecular vibrations on DNA

Details Hole interactions with molecular vibrations on DNA Hole interactions with molecular vibrations on DNA

2004-05-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0405294v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 218101 (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.218101

We report on a study of the interactions between holes and molecular vibrations on dry DNA using photoinduced infrared absorption spectroscopy. Laser photoexcited (PE) holes are found to have a room-temperature lifetime in excess of 1 ms, clearly indicating the presence of localization. However, from a quantitative model analysis of the frequency shifts of vibrational modes caused by the PE holes, we find the holevibrational coupling constant to be relatively small, 0.2. This interaction leads to a change in the conformational energy of 0.015 eV, which is too small to cause selftrapping at room temperature. We conclude that, at least in the dry (A) form, DNA is best understood in terms of a double chain of coupled quantum dots arising from the pseudo-random chain sequence of base pairs, in which Anderson localization prevents the formation of a metallic state.

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