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Base pair opening and bubble transport in a DNA double helix induced by a protein molecule in a viscous medium
We study the nonlinear dynamics of a protein-DNA molecular system by treating
DNA as a set of two coupled linear chains and protein in the form of a single
linear chain sliding along the DNA at the physiological temperature in a
viscous medium. The nonlinear dynamics of the above molecular system in general
is governed by a perturbed nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation. In the
non-viscous limit, the equation reduces to the completely integrable nonlinear
Schr\"{o}dinger (NLS) equation which admits N-soliton solutions. The soliton
excitations of the DNA bases make localized base pair opening and travel along
the DNA chain in the form of a bubble. This may represent the bubble generated
during the transcription process when an RNA-polymerase binds to a promoter
site in the DNA double helical chain. The perturbed NLS equation is solved
using a perturbation theory by treating the viscous effect due to surrounding
as a weak perturbation and the results show that the viscosity of the solvent
in the surrounding damps out the amplitude of the soliton.Comment: 4. Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Anomalous tunneling of bound pairs in crystal lattices
A novel method of solving scattering problems for bound pairs on a lattice is
developed. Two different break ups of the hamiltonian are employed to calculate
the full Green operator and the wave function of the scattered pair. The
calculation converges exponentially in the number of basis states used to
represent the non-translation invariant part of the Green operator. The method
is general and applicable to a variety of scattering and tunneling problems. As
the first application, the problem of pair tunneling through a weak link on a
one-dimensional lattice is solved. It is found that at momenta close to \pi the
pair tunnels much easier than one particle, with the transmission coefficient
approaching unity. This anomalously high transmission is a consequence of the
existence of a two-body resonant state localized at the weak link.Comment: REVTeX, 5 pages, 4 eps figure
New records of lichens from the Russian Far East. I. Fuscidea submollis and other arctic-alpine species
Summary. Fuscidea submollis Mas. Inoue is reported for the first time from the Russian Far East. Distinctive features of the taxon are discussed, and a comparison with known saxicolous Fuscidea V. Wirth & Vězda species with amyloid medulla is made. Three arctic-alpine species: Sporastatia testudinea (Ach.) A. Massal., Buellia concinna Th. Fr., Amygdalaria panaeola (Ach.) Hertel et Brodo, and Aspilidea myrinii (Fr.) Hafellner are recorded for the first time in the South Far East from the Sikhote Alin Range (Primorye Territory). Calvitimela aglaea (Sommerf.) Hafellner is reported for the first time from Sikhote Alin Range and Primorye Territory. © 2019 Altai State University. All rights reserved.Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS: 19-54-50010Russian Foundation for Basic Research, RFBRThe reported study was funded by RFBR and JSPS according to the research project № 19-54-50010
Coherent charge transport through molecular wires: "Exciton blocking" and current from electronic excitations in the wire
We consider exciton effects on current in molecular nanojunctions, using a
model comprising a two two-level sites bridge connecting free electron
reservoirs. Expanding the density operator in the many-electron eigenstates of
the uncoupled sites, we obtain a 16X16 density matrix in the bridge subspace
whose dynamics is governed by Liuoville equation that takes into account
interactions on the bridge as well as electron injection and damping to and
from the leads. Our consideration can be considerably simplified by using the
pseudospin description based on the symmetry properties of Lie group SU(2). We
study the influence of the bias voltage, the Coulomb repulsion and the
energy-transfer interactions on the steady-state current and in particular
focus on the effect of the excitonic interaction between bridge sites. Our
calculations show that in case of non-interacting electrons this interaction
leads to reduction in the current at high voltage for a homodimer bridge. In
other words, we predict the effect of \textquotedblleft
exciton\textquotedblright blocking. The effect of \textquotedblleft
exciton\textquotedblright blocking is modified for a heterodimer bridge, and
disappears for strong Coulomb repulsion at sites. In the latter case the
exciton type interactions can open new channels for electronic conduction. In
particular, in the case of strong Coulomb repulsion, conduction exists even
when the electronic connectivity does not exist.Comment: 14 pages, 15 figure
Quantum coherence and carriers mobility in organic semiconductors
We present a model of charge transport in organic molecular semiconductors
based on the effects of lattice fluctuations on the quantum coherence of the
electronic state of the charge carrier. Thermal intermolecular phonons and
librations tend to localize pure coherent states and to assist the motion of
less coherent ones. Decoherence is thus the primary mechanism by which
conduction occurs. It is driven by the coupling of the carrier to the molecular
lattice through polarization and transfer integral fluctuations as described by
the hamiltonian of Gosar and Choi. Localization effects in the quantum coherent
regime are modeled via the Anderson hamiltonian with correlated diagonal and
non-diagonal disorder leading to the determination of the carrier localization
length. This length defines the coherent extension of the ground state and
determines, in turn, the diffusion range in the incoherent regime and thus the
mobility. The transfer integral disorder of Troisi and Orlandi can also be
incorporated. This model, based on the idea of decoherence, allowed us to
predict the value and temperature dependence of the carrier mobility in
prototypical organic semiconductors that are in qualitative accord with
experiments
Stability of C20 fullerene chains
The stability of (C20)N chains with N = 3 - 7 is analyzed by numerical
simulation using a tight-binding potential and molecular dynamics. Various
channels of losing the cluster-chain structure of the (C20)N complexes are
observed, including the decay of C20 clusters, their coalescence, and the
separation of one C20 fullerene from the chain.Comment: To appear in JETP Letter
Evidence for a Quasi-1D Topological-Excitation Liquid in Bi2212 by Tunneling Spectroscopy
Tunneling measurements have been carried out on heavily underdoped and
slightly overdoped Bi2212 single crystals by using a break-junction technique.
We find that in-plane tunneling spectra below Tc are the combination of
incoherent part from the pseudogap and coherent quasiparticle peaks. There is a
correlation between the magnitude of the pseudogap and the magnitude of the
superconducting gap in Bi2212. We find that the quasiparticle conductance peaks
are caused by condensed solitonlike excitations.Comment: Europysics Lett. (in press
Adiabatic-Nonadiabatic Transition in the Diffusive Hamiltonian Dynamics of a Classical Holstein Polaron
We study the Hamiltonian dynamics of a free particle injected onto a chain
containing a periodic array of harmonic oscillators in thermal equilibrium. The
particle interacts locally with each oscillator, with an interaction that is
linear in the oscillator coordinate and independent of the particle's position
when it is within a finite interaction range. At long times the particle
exhibits diffusive motion, with an ensemble averaged mean-squared displacement
that is linear in time. The diffusion constant at high temperatures follows a
power law D ~ T^{5/2} for all parameter values studied. At low temperatures
particle motion changes to a hopping process in which the particle is bound for
considerable periods of time to a single oscillator before it is able to escape
and explore the rest of the chain. A different power law, D ~ T^{3/4}, emerges
in this limit. A thermal distribution of particles exhibits thermally activated
diffusion at low temperatures as a result of classically self-trapped polaronic
states.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures Submitted to Physical Review
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