Electronic structure of overstretched DNA

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 1-4

  Maragakis, Paul ^a   Barnett, Ryan Lee ^a   Kaxiras, Efthimios ^a   Elstner, Marcus ^b,c   Frauenheim, Thomas ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

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EID: 85038953032     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.241104     Document Type: Article

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