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CHAPTER5
ChargeTransport inStretchedDNA
Reproduced inpartwithpermission from
M.Wolter, P.B.Woiczikowski,M.Elstner, andT.Kubarˇ,
Phys.Rev.B,85,075101 (2012).
Copyright2012by theAmericanPhysical Society.
In this chapter themechanically stretchedDNAsequenceswill be tested for their
chargetransportcapabilities. Stretchingisacommonfeatureof thesingle-molecule
experiments where the current is measured as a function of electrode distance.
Simulationsof theCTinthosestretchedDNAmoleculesareable toprovidedeeper
insight into theprocesses involved in this experimental setup. Interpretationof the
outcome of these experiments is possible based on the shown results. Moreover,
choicesof theDNAsequence fornano-electronic applications canbegiven.
5.1 InvestigatedSequencesandStructures
Togaindeeper insight into the effect of stretchingon theCT, sevendifferentDNA
oligomers are investigated in detail (complementary strand not shown): Three
oligomers with purine nucleobases located exclusively on one strand in the cen-
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Charge Transport in DNA
Insights from Simulations
- Title
- Charge Transport in DNA
- Subtitle
- Insights from Simulations
- Author
- Mario Wolter
- Publisher
- KIT Scientific Publishing
- Date
- 2013
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-7315-0082-7
- Size
- 17.0 x 24.0 cm
- Pages
- 156
- Keywords
- Charge Transport, Charge Transfer, DNA, Molecular Dynamics, Quantum Mechanics
- Categories
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie
Table of contents
- Zusammenfassung 1
- Summary 3
- 1 Introduction 5
- 2 TheoreticalBackground 11
- 3 SimulationSetup 39
- 4 DNAUnderExperimentalConditions 49
- 5 ChargeTransport inStretchedDNA 69
- 6 ChargeTransport inMicrohydratedDNA 79
- 7 AParametrizedModel toSimulateCT inDNA 89
- 8 Conclusion 105
- Appendix 111
- A DNAUnderExperimentalConditions 111
- B CTinMicrohydratedDNA 117
- List ofPublications 137