2004/01/02 by Arrigo Calzolari, Rosa Di felice, Elisa Molinari +1
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
published as Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108, 2509 (2004) · To be published in Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 8 pages (double column), 4 figures
arxiv created 2004/01/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We report a first-principle study of the electronic and conduction properties of a quadruple-helix guanine wire (G4-wire), a DNA-derivative, with inner potassium ions. The analysis of the electronic structure highlights the presence of energy manifolds that are equivalent to the bands of (semi)conducting materials, and reveals the formation of extended electron channels available for charge transport along the wire. The specific metal-nucleobase interactions affect the electronic properties at the Fermi level, leading the wire to behave as an intrinsically p-doped system.