Polaron tunneling dynamics in the DNA molecule

Details Polaron tunneling dynamics in the DNA molecule Polaron tunneling dynamics in the DNA molecule

2007-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/0709.0954v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

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The formation of polaron and its migration in a DNA chain are studied within a semiclassical Peyrard-Biship-Holstein polaron model. Comparing the energetics of the polaron system found from the quantum chemical and semiclassical calculations, we extract the charge-phonon coupling constant for poly DNA sequences. The coupling constant is found to be larger for the G-C than for the A-T pairs. With this coupling constant we study tunneling in the DNA molecule. The rates and the nature of tunneling have strong dependence on the DNA sequence. By changing the trap positions in the molecular bridge the tunneling rate can by varied up to seven orders of magnitude.

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