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Interaction between photons, “trapped electron” and vibronic excitation
Author(s) -
Mishra R. K.,
Dubey S. K.,
Tyagi R. S.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560270308
Subject(s) - electron , vibronic coupling , vibronic spectroscopy , atomic physics , photon , excitation , coupling (piping) , molecule , chemistry , physics , molecular physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , excited state , metallurgy
Abstract The role of “trapped electron,” photon, and vibronic state coupling has been worked out in relation to an aspect of cancer, namely, to the activity of an anticancer drug. The main emphasis for such study comes from the fact that in cancerous systems the participation of usual electronic states of the molecule may not be sufficient. Because of disorder in the cancer tumour, additional states, viz. trapped electron states, could be formed in the manner of localised states in solids. The drug activity of mitomycin C obtained in this way agrees with the experimental values. An additional feature of the study is that it shows that it will be effective mainly in the initial phases of cancer.