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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 134, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.3593272
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- European Commission
- CRMO Foundation
- IIT MOPROSURF
- Emilia Romagna Net-lab
- CNMS [CNMS2008-016, CNMS2010-034]
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Novel DNA derivatives have been recently investigated in the pursuit of modified DNA duplexes to tune the electronic structure of DNA-based assemblies for nanotechnology applications. Size-expanded DNAs (e. g., xDNA) and metalated DNAs (M-DNA) may enhance stacking interactions and induce metallic conductivity, respectively. Here we explore possible ways of tailoring the DNA electronic structure by combining the aromatic size expansion with the metal-doping. We select the salient structures from our recent study on natural DNA pairs complexed with transition metal ions and consider the equivalent model configurations for xDNA pairs. We present the results of density functional theory electronic structure calculations of the metalated expanded base-pairs with various localized basis sets and exchange-correlation functionals. Implicit solvent and coordination water molecules are also included. Our results indicate that the effect of base expansion is largest in Ag-xGC complexes, while Cu-xGC complexes are the most promising candidates for nanowires with enhanced electron transfer and also for on-purpose modification of the DNA double-helix for signal detection. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3593272]
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