Central to theories of electron transfer (ET) is the idea that nuclear motion generates a
transition state that enables electron flow to proceed, but nuclear motion also induces …

The purpose of this review is to present a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the
main physical properties of DNA-based nanobiostructured devices, stressing the role played …

Highly spin-selective transport of electrons through a helically shaped electrostatic potential
is demonstrated in the frame of a minimal model approach. The effect is significant even for …

Weak hyperfine interactions and spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in organic materials result in long
spin lifetimes, which is very promising for spintronics. On the other hand, they also make it …

Electron transfer (ET) reactions in biomolecular systems represent an important class of
processes at the interface of physics, chemistry and biology. The theoretical description of …

We report spin-selective tunneling of electrons along double-stranded DNA sandwiched
between nonmagnetic leads. On the basis of a model Hamiltonian which contains spin-orbit …

Background Epigenetic mechanisms are informational cellular processes instructing normal
and diseased phenotypes. They are associated with DNA but without altering the DNA …

Quantum–mechanical methods that are both computationally fast and accurate are not yet
available for electronic excitations having charge transfer character. In this work, we present …

In this report, we study the photoactivation process in Escherichia coli DNA photolyase,
involving long-range electron transport along a conserved chain of Trp residues between …

Electronic delocalization in redox-active polymers may be disrupted by the heterogeneity of
the environment that surrounds each monomer. When the differences in monomer redox …