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Exciton decay mechanism in DNA single strands: back-electron transfer and ultrafast base motions

Published:2022 Issue:18 Volume:13 Page:5230-5242
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Bauer Benjamin¹,Sharma Rahul²^ORCID,Chergui Majed¹^ORCID,Oppermann Malte¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Ultrafast Spectroscopy (LSU), Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ISIC-FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

2. Laboratory for Computation and Visualization in Mathematics and Mechanics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, MATH-FSB, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Abstract

Despite its key role in DNA photochemistry, the decay mechanism of excitons in stacked bases has remained difficult to resolve. Ultrafast polarization spectroscopy now reveals a back-electron transfer and ultrafast base motions in adenosine strands.

Funder

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/SC/D1SC06450A

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