Oligomers between parallel surfaces

Figure 3.12 Schematic representation of DNA wrapping around a CNT (inset) and an initial configuration of the C-oligomer wrapped along the (6,5) tube chirality. Carbon atoms of the CNT marked by light gray indicate the direction of DNA wrapping with seven cytosine bases per helical turn, which lay parallel to the tube surface and nearly normal to the tube chiral vector, thus increasing the n-jt overlap between the base and tube orbitals. Reprinted with permission from ref. 120. Copyright 2009 American Chemical Society.

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