@article {Simserides201431, title = {A systematic study of electron or hole transfer along DNA dimers, trimers and polymers}, journal = {Chemical Physics}, volume = {440}, year = {2014}, note = {cited By 25}, pages = {31-41}, abstract = {A systematic study of carrier transfer along DNA dimers, trimers and polymers including poly(dG)-poly(dC), poly(dA)-poly(dT), GCGCGC..., ATATAT... is presented allowing to determine the spatiotemporal evolution of electrons or holes along a N base-pair DNA segment. Physical quantities are defined including maximum transfer percentage p and pure maximum transfer rate p/T when a period T is defined; pure mean transfer rate k and speed u=kd, where d is the charge transfer distance. The inverse decay length β for the exponential fit k=k0exp(-βd) and the exponent η for the power-law fit k=k0'N-η are computed. β≈0.2-2 {\r A}-1, k0 is usually 10-2-10-1 PHz, generally ≈10-4-10 PHz. η≈1.7-17, k0' is usually 10-2-10-1 PHz, generally ≈10-4-10 3 PHz. The results are compared with theoretical and experimental works. This method allows to assess the extent at which a specific DNA segment can serve for charge transfer.}, doi = {10.1016/j.chemphys.2014.05.024}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301010414001645?via\%3Dihub}, author = {Simserides, C.} }