Quantum walks with sequential aperiodic jumps

MA Pires, SMD Queirós - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
We analyze a set of discrete-time quantum walks for which the displacements on a chain
follow binary aperiodic jumps according to three paradigmatic sequences: Fibonacci, Thue …

Ultrafast excitonic dynamics in DNA: Bridging correlated quantum dynamics and sequence dependence

D Herb, M Rossini, J Ankerhold - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
After photoexcitation of DNA, the excited electron (in the LUMO) and the remaining hole (in
the HOMO) localized on the same DNA base form a bound pair, called the Frenkel exciton …

Quantum biology. π–π entanglement signatures in protein-DNA interactions

M D'Acunto - Physical Biology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The biological functions of DNA are carried out by individual proteins that interact with
specific sequences along the DNA in order to prime the molecular processes required by the …

[HTML][HTML] Real space theory for electron and phonon transport in aperiodic lattices via renormalization

V Sánchez, C Wang - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Structural defects are inherent in solids at a finite temperature, because they diminish free
energies by growing entropy. The arrangement of these defects may display long-range …

Sequence-Controlled Electron Transport in Conjugated Copolymers

JC Maier, NE Jackson - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chemical sequence control is a powerful means for modifying the physical properties of
conjugated polymers, with alternating, gradient, block, and random copolymer motifs being …

Protein-DNA target search relies on quantum walk

M D'Acunto - Biosystems, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein-DNA interactions play a fundamental role in all life systems. A critical issue of such
interactions is given by the strategy of protein search for specific targets on DNA. The …

Charge transport in a multiterminal DNA tetrahedron: Interplay among contact position, disorder, and base-pair Mismatch

PJ Hu, SX Wang, XF Chen, XH Gao, TF Fang… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
As a secondary structure of DNA, DNA tetrahedra exhibit intriguing charge-transport
phenomena and provide a promising platform for wide applications like biosensors, as …

Electronic behavior of randomly dislocated RNA and DNA nanowires: A multi-model approach

S Jalilvand, R Sepahvand, H Mousavi - The European Physical …, 2022 - epjplus.epj.org
In this study, the electronic properties of DNA and RNA nanowires are investigated by
means of band structure and density of states using the framework of the tight-binding model …

The transport properties of poly (G)-poly (C) DNA oligomers in the Harrison's model

H Mousavi, M Bamdad - Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 2022 - Elsevier
Using the tight-binding Hamiltonian of the Harrison's model and the Landauer-Büttiker
formalism, some of the electron transport properties of short poly (G)-poly (C) DNA segments …

Computation of the spatial distribution of charge-carrier density in disordered media

AV Nenashev, F Gebhard, K Meerholz, SD Baranovskii - Entropy, 2024 - mdpi.com
The space-and temperature-dependent electron distribution n (r, T) determines
optoelectronic properties of disordered semiconductors. It is a challenging task to get access …