%0 Journal Article
%T Evidence of phonon-assisted tunnelling in electrical conduction through DNA molecules
%A Pipinys Povilas
%A Kiveris Antanas
%J PMC Physics B
%D 2008
%I PhysMath Central
%R 10.1186/1754-0429-1-6
%X We propose a phonon-assisted tunnelling model for explanation of conductivity dependence on temperature and temperature-dependent I-V characteristics in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules. The capability of this model for explanation of conductivity peculiarities in DNA is illustrated by comparison of the temperature dependent I-V data extracted from some articles with tunnelling rate dependences on temperature and field strength computed according to the phonon-assisted tunnelling theory. PACS Codes: 87.15.-v, 71.38.-k, 73.40.Gk
%U http://www.physmathcentral.com/1754-0429/1/6