Efficient Charge Transport in DNA Diblock Oligomers

Published on Web 06/26/2009

Efficient Charge Transport in DNA Diblock Oligomers Josh Vura-Weis, Michael R. Wasielewski,* Arun K. Thazhathveetil, and Frederick D. Lewis* Department of Chemistry and Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern UniVersity, EVanston, Illinois 60208 Received February 26, 2009; E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Abstract: The realization of highly efficient photoinduced charge separation across the π-stacked base pairs in duplex DNA remains elusive. The low efficiencies (