Coherent Effects in Charge Transport in Molecular Wires: Toward a Unifying Picture of Long-Range Hole Transfer in DNA | Zendy

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Coherent Effects in Charge Transport in Molecular Wires: Toward a Unifying Picture of Long-Range Hole Transfer in DNA

Author(s) -

Alessandro Landi,

Amedeo Capobianco,

Andrea Peluso

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the journal of physical chemistry letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.563

H-Index - 203

ISSN - 1948-7185

DOI - 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01996

Subject(s) - coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , quantum tunnelling , electron transfer , chemical physics , dna , charge (physics) , workbench , range (aeronautics) , transfer (computing) , dissipation , electron , electron transport chain , physics , biophysics , chemistry , atomic physics , nanotechnology , molecular physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , photochemistry , computer science , biology , visualization , biochemistry , composite material , artificial intelligence , parallel computing

In the framework of a multistep mechanism in which environmental motion triggers comparatively faster elementary electron-transfer steps and stabilizes hole-transfer products, microscopic coherence is crucial for rationalizing the observed yield ratios of oxidative damage to DNA. Interference among probability amplitudes of indistinguishable electron-transfer paths is able to drastically change the final outcome of charge transport, even in DNA oligomers constituted by similar building blocks, and allows for reconciling apparently discordant experimental observations. Properly tailored DNA oligomers appear to be a promising workbench for studying tunneling in the presence of dissipation at the macroscopic level.

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