Polarization component of cohesion energy in single-wall carbon nanotube-DNA complexes

S. E. Snyder, S. V. Rotkin

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Abstract

Within the framework of a quantum mechanical model, the polarization component of the energy of cohesion of an ionized DNA molecule to the surface of a nanotube has been calculated. Neglecting the polarization of the DNA, and in the absence of external screening, the binding energy is ∼0.47 eV per elementary charge. The effective nanotube screening parameter is ∼2 and cannot be reduced to classical expressions for metallic and dielectric screening.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)348-351
Number of pages4
JournalJETP Letters
Volume84
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2006

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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