Lifetimes of the Vibrational States of DNA Molecules in Functionalized Complexes of Semiconductor Quantum Dots


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Abstract

Results of studying nanocrystalline nc-Si/SiO2 quantum dots (QDs) functionalized by short oligonucleotides show that complexes of isolated crystalline semiconductor QDs are unique objects for detecting the manifestation of new quantum confinement phenomena. It is established that narrow lines observed in high-resolution spectra of inelastic light scattering can be used for determining the characteristic time scale of vibrational excitations of separate nucleotide molecules and for studying structural-dynamic properties of fast oscillatory processes in biomacromolecules.

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F. B. Bayramov

St. Petersburg Academic University, Nanotechnology Research and Education Center, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Email: bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021; St. Petersburg, 194021

E. D. Poloskin

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Email: bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

A. L. Chernev

St. Petersburg Academic University, Nanotechnology Research and Education Center, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

V. V. Toporov

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Email: bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

M. V. Dubina

St. Petersburg Academic University, Nanotechnology Research and Education Center, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

C. Sprung

Fritz Haber Institute

Email: bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru
Germany, Berlin, 14195

H. K. Lipsanen

Micronova/Department of Micro- and Nanosciences

Email: bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru
Finland, Aalto, FI-00076

B. Kh. Bairamov

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute

Author for correspondence.
Email: bairamov@mail.ioffe.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 194021

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