摘要
By directly diagonalizing the Hamiltonian of the ladder model of deoxyribonucleic acid （DNA） molecules, the density of states is obtained. It is found that DNA behaves as a conductor when the interchain hopping is smaller than twice the intrachain one, otherwise, DNA behaves as a semiconductor.
By directly diagonalizing the Hamiltonian of the ladder model of deoxyribonucleic acid （DNA） molecules, the density of states is obtained. It is found that DNA behaves as a conductor when the interchain hopping is smaller than twice the intrachain one, otherwise, DNA behaves as a semiconductor.
基金
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 70471084, 10775071, 10635040 and 60676056.
