A new type of localized fast moving electronic excitations in molecular chains

• An extremely fast charge transfer in DNA is found.
• The distance of transfer is about thousands of nucleotide pairs.
• Application to H.W. Fink and C. Schönenberger experiments is considered.

It is shown that in a Holstein molecular chain placed in a strong longitudinal electric field some new types of excitations can arise. These excitations can transfer a charge over large distance (more than 1000 nucleotide pairs) along the chain retaining approximately their shapes. Excitations are formed only when a strong electric field either exists or quickly arises under especially preassigned conditions. These excitations transfer a charge even in the case when Holstein polarons are practically immobile. The results obtained are applied to synthetic homogeneous PolyG/PolyC DNA duplexes. They can also be provide the basis for explanation of famous H.W. Fink and C. Schönenberger experiment on long-range charge transfer in DNA.

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