A Kronig-Penney model of salts of DNA.
A one dimensional Kronig-Penney model for a salt like Na DNA is given. The helical periodicity is treated in a manner suggested by Tinoco and Woody. Using data on the semiconductor band gap, we estimate the strength of the potential barrier. The energy limits of the ten bands filled by 20pi electrons per unit cell are calculated and exhibited in Table I.
D004247:DNA; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D012492:Salts
D012492:Salts; D004247:DNA