On the mathematical modeling of soliton-mediated long-range electron transfer

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Velarde, Manuel G ^a   Chetverikov, Alexander P ^a   Ebeling, Werner ^a   Hennig, Dirk ^b   Kozak, John J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anharmonicity; Biomolecules; Electron transfer; Lattice solitons; Morse interaction; Solectrons

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; ROUTERS; SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT;

ANHARMONICITIES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; LATTICE SOLITONS; MORSE INTERACTION; SOLECTRONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 77951549867     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127410025508     Document Type: Article

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