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Remote Communication in a DNA‐Based Nanoswitch
Author(s) -
Fonseca Guerra Célia,
Szekeres Zsolt,
Bickelhaupt F. Matthias
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201101335
Subject(s) - substituent , chemistry , hydrogen bond , guanine , base pair , protonation , crystallography , stereochemistry , bent molecular geometry , acceptor , supramolecular chemistry , dna , photochemistry , molecule , nucleotide , physics , crystal structure , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , ion , biochemistry , gene
Nano‐telegraph : It is shown quantum chemically how the hydrogen‐bond strength of a DNA base pair can be remotely switched (across several nanometers) between three states (weak, intermediate, and strong) through a π‐conjugated “organic wire”.