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Direct excitation of internal modes of DNA by microwaves

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Davis, CC; Edwards, GS; Swicord, ML; Sagripanti, J; Saffer, J
Published in: Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics
January 1, 1986

We have been studying the microwave absorption characteristics of various forms of DNA. Our observations have demonstrated that long-chain DNA in saline buffer does not absorb microwaves significantly more than its solvent, but that specific short-length molecules can absorb microwaves resonantly. The most satisfactory explanation of these microwave absorption phenomena invokes the excitation of internal acoustic modes of the molecule. There is good agreement between our experimental observations and a lattice-dynamical/normal-mode analysis of the vibrational motion of the double helical DNA.

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Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

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0302-4598

Publication Date

January 1, 1986

Volume

16

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1

Start / End Page

63 / 76

Related Subject Headings

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • 3406 Physical chemistry
  • 3401 Analytical chemistry
  • 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • 0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
  • 0301 Analytical Chemistry
 

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Davis, C. C., Edwards, G. S., Swicord, M. L., Sagripanti, J., & Saffer, J. (1986). Direct excitation of internal modes of DNA by microwaves. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, 16(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/0302-4598(86)80046-0
Davis, C. C., G. S. Edwards, M. L. Swicord, J. Sagripanti, and J. Saffer. “Direct excitation of internal modes of DNA by microwaves.” Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics 16, no. 1 (January 1, 1986): 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/0302-4598(86)80046-0.
Davis CC, Edwards GS, Swicord ML, Sagripanti J, Saffer J. Direct excitation of internal modes of DNA by microwaves. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics. 1986 Jan 1;16(1):63–76.
Davis, C. C., et al. “Direct excitation of internal modes of DNA by microwaves.” Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, vol. 16, no. 1, Jan. 1986, pp. 63–76. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0302-4598(86)80046-0.
Davis CC, Edwards GS, Swicord ML, Sagripanti J, Saffer J. Direct excitation of internal modes of DNA by microwaves. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics. 1986 Jan 1;16(1):63–76.

Published In

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

DOI

ISSN

0302-4598

Publication Date

January 1, 1986

Volume

16

Issue

1

Start / End Page

63 / 76

Related Subject Headings

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • 3406 Physical chemistry
  • 3401 Analytical chemistry
  • 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • 0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)
  • 0301 Analytical Chemistry