Contact-dependent effects and tunneling currents in DNA molecules

We report on theoretical results about contact-dependent effects and tunneling currents through DNA molecules. A tetranucleotide PolyGACT chain, connected in between metallic contacts, is studied as a generic case, and compared to other periodic sequences such as PolyAT or PolyGC. Remarkable resonan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Maciá Barber, Enrique Alfonso, Triozon, François, Roche, Stephan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/52109
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52109
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Charge-transport
Electrical-transport
Lambda-DNA
Conductivity
Electrode
Disorder
Model
Pairs
Wire
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:We report on theoretical results about contact-dependent effects and tunneling currents through DNA molecules. A tetranucleotide PolyGACT chain, connected in between metallic contacts, is studied as a generic case, and compared to other periodic sequences such as PolyAT or PolyGC. Remarkable resonance conditions are analytically derived, indicating that a strong coupling does not always result in a larger conductance. This result is properly illustrated by considering intrinsic features of bias-dependent tunneling currents in the coherent regime.