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Previously investigated models are further elaborated here, with particular application to DNA. Accepting the premise that DNA may be characterized as an intrinsic semiconductor with a band gap energy of approximately 2 eV, a self-consistent method reveals term energies of reasonable magnitude. The treatment also determines that the mobilities are of the order of 10 to 102 cm2/V sec, indicating delocalization of the electrons with respect to the base pairs.
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Altieri, J., Krizan, J.E. Self-consistent band theoretic models of DNA. J Biol Phys 3, 103–110 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02308894
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