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Quantum Mechanics in Biology: Photoexcitations in DNA

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Energy Transfer Dynamics in Biomaterial Systems

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We consider here the theoretical and quantum chemical description of the photoexcitated states in DNA duplexes. We discuss the motivation and limitations of an exciton model and use this as the starting point for more detailed excited state quantum chemical evaluations. In particular, we focus upon the role of interbase proton transfer between Watson/Crick pairs in localizing an excitation and then quenching it through intersystem crossing and charge transfer.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA

    Eric R. Bittner & Arkadiusz Czader

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  1. Department de chimie, UMR 8642 due CNRS, Ecole Normale Superieure, rue Lhomond 24, Paris CX 05, 75231, France

    Irene Burghardt

  2. Institut für Physik, AG Halbleitertheorie, Humboldt-Univ. Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, Berlin, 12489, Germany

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  3. Physical Chemistry Division, University Florida, New Physics Building 2318, Gainesville, 32611-8435, USA

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    E. R. Bittner

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Bittner, E.R., Czader, A. (2009). Quantum Mechanics in Biology: Photoexcitations in DNA. In: Burghardt, I., May, V., Micha, D., Bittner, E. (eds) Energy Transfer Dynamics in Biomaterial Systems. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 93. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02306-4_4

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