Changes in the zero-point energy of the protons as the source of the binding energy of water to A-phase DNA

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Reiter, G F ^a   Senesi, R ^b   Mayers, J ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CONFINED WATER; DELOCALIZATIONS; DOUBLE-WELL POTENTIAL; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER MOLECULE; ZERO-POINT; ZERO-POINT ENERGIES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROTONS;

BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 77957582341     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.148101     Document Type: Article

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