B. Chakrabarti
Spontaneous polaron transport in biopolymers
Chakrabarti, B.; Piette, B.M.A.G.; Zakrzewski, W.J.
Authors
B.M.A.G. Piette
W.J. Zakrzewski
Abstract
Polarons, introduced by Davydov to explain energy transport in α-helices, correspond to electrons localised on a few lattice sites because of their interaction with phonons. While the static polaron field configurations have been extensively studied, their displacement is more difficult to explain. In this paper we show that, when the next-to-nearest-neighbour interactions are included, for physical values of the parameters, polarons can spontaneously move, at T=0, on bent chains that exhibit a positive gradient in their curvature. At room temperature polarons perform a random walk but a curvature gradient can induce a non-zero average speed similar to the one observed at zero temperature. We also show that, at zero temperature, a polaron bounces on sharply kinked junctions. We interpret these results in the light of the energy transport by transmembrane proteins.
Citation
Chakrabarti, B., Piette, B., & Zakrzewski, W. (2012). Spontaneous polaron transport in biopolymers. European Physical Society Letters, 97(4), Article 47005. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/47005
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Feb 1, 2012 |
Deposit Date | Mar 12, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 13, 2013 |
Journal | Europhysics Letters |
Print ISSN | 0295-5075 |
Electronic ISSN | 1286-4854 |
Publisher | IOP Publishing |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 97 |
Issue | 4 |
Article Number | 47005 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/47005 |
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