DNA as a molecular wire
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Yuri A. Berlin; Alexander L. Burin; Mark A. Ratner
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Physical mechanisms that might assure the functioning of DNA as a molecular wire are considered on the basis of recent progress in understanding long-range charge transfer in this biologically important molecule. Our analysis shows that DNA behaves as an insulator at low bias, while beyond the thres