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. 2024 Mar:237:105125.
doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105125. Epub 2024 Feb 7.

Proton-polarized states in DNA

Mariusz Pietruszka  1 , Marek Marzec  2
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Proton-polarized states in DNA

Mariusz Pietruszka et al. Biosystems. 2024 Mar.

Abstract

We observed signatures of a phase transition in the double-stranded DNA fragment of known length and sequences using a non-invasive semiconductor-electrolyte interface technique and statistical physics methods. Observations revealed a coherence peak in the electromotive force and a significant decline in calculated dynamic entropy at a critical temperature and pH. This behavior may arise from the dynamic interaction of proton (H+) pairs with opposite momentum and spin, carrying a charge q=2+ under critical conditions.

Keywords: Barley; Chemical potential; Cooper pair; Entropy; Phase transition; Temperature.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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