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THE linear combination of molecular orbitals (LCMO) approximation (ref. 1 and unpublished results of R. L. F.) has been suggested as a feasible method for studying the electronic properties of random biopolymers2. In the course of some preliminary Hückel-level calculations on random polymers of adenine and thymine we found some interesting behaviour in the energy bands of the polymer, which we report here.
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FLURRY, R., BREEN, D. Hückel-level Calculations on the Band Structure of Poly-AT. Nature 225, 729–730 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225729a0
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