Machine generated contents note: 1. Tight-Binding Modeling of Charge Migration in DNA Devices / G. Cuniberti / E. Macia / A. Rodriguez / R.A. Romer -- 2. Mechanism and Absolute Rates of Charge Transfer Through DNA / Ferdinand C. Grozema / Laurens D.A. Siebbeles -- 3. Variable-Range Charge Hopping in DNA / Yuri A. Berlin / Mark A. Ratner -- 4. Atomistic Models of DNA Charge Transfer / Thorsten Koslowski / Tobias Cramer -- 5. Physics Aspects of Charge Migration Through DNA / Vadim Apalkov / Xue-Feng Wang / Tapash Chakraborty -- 6. Vibronic Mechanisms for Charge Transport and Migration Through DNA and Single Molecules / Yoshihiro Asai / Tomomi Shimazaki -- 7. Role of Charge and Spin Migration in DNA Radiation Damage / David Becker / Amitava Adhikary / Michael D. Sevilla -- 8. DNA-Based Thermoelectric Nanodevices: A Theoretical Perspective / Enrique Macia -- 9. Transverse Electronic Signature of DNA for Electronic Sequencing / Mingsheny Xu / Robert G. Endres / Yasuhiko Arakawa -- 10. DNA Photonics -- Probing Light-Induced Dynamics in DNA on the Femtosecond Timescale / Qiang Wang / Torsten Fiebig -- 11. Vibrons in DNA: Their Influence on Transport / Benjamin B. Schmidt / Evgeni B. Starikov / Matthias H. Hettler / Wolfgang Wenzel
Summary
Charge migration through DNA has been the focus of considerable interest in recent years. A deeper understanding of the nature of charge transfer and transport along the double helix is important in fields as diverse as physics, chemistry and nanotechnology. It has also important implications in biology, in particular in DNA damage and repair. This book presents contributions from an international team of researchers active in this field. It contains a wide range of topics that includes the mathematical background of the quantum processes involved, the role of charge transfer in DNA radiation