Spin-dependent electron transport in protein-like single-helical molecules

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 11658-11662

  Guo, Ai Min ^a   Sun, Qing Feng ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Biological molecules; Chirality; Multiple transport pathways; Spin filtering effect; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHONON; PHYSICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN DEPENDENT ELECTRON TRANSPORT;

BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES; CHIRALITY; MULTIPLE TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; SPIN-FILTERING EFFECT; SPINTRONICS;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 84905994431     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407716111     Document Type: Article

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