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Controlling the Shape of a Double DNA-Like Helix as an Element of Metamaterials
by
Igor V. Semchenko
Igor V. Semchenko 1,*
,
Ivan S. Mikhalka
Ivan S. Mikhalka 2,
Andrey L. Samofalov
Andrey L. Samofalov 2 and
Sergei A. Khakhomov
Sergei A. Khakhomov 3
1
State Scientific and Production Association “Optics, Optoelectronics and Laser Technology”, 220072 Minsk, Belarus
2
Department of General Physics, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 246028 Gomel, Belarus
3
Department of Optics, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, 246028 Gomel, Belarus
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Photonics 2024, 11(9), 788; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11090788 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 22 July 2024
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Revised: 18 August 2024
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Accepted: 22 August 2024
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Published: 23 August 2024
Abstract
The aim of the article is to study the forces arising in a conductive DNA-like double helix in the field of a microwave electromagnetic wave. These forces must be considered for both actual DNA molecules and double DNA-like helices that serve as components of metamaterials and metasurfaces. The helix comprises twenty-and-a-half turns and has geometric parameters proportional to the size of an actual DNA molecule. The forces acting on the strands of a double helix, both in the central region and at the edges of the helix, are investigated. It has been demonstrated that the aforementioned forces induce a change in the shape of the helix, specifically the mutual repulsion of the strands, as well as their stretching and twisting in the field of electromagnetic waves. Consequently, exposure to an electromagnetic wave under half-wave resonance can damage the double helix. Conversely, the impact of electromagnetic waves has the potential to introduce novel avenues for controlling the shape of the double helix.
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Semchenko, I.V.; Mikhalka, I.S.; Samofalov, A.L.; Khakhomov, S.A.
Controlling the Shape of a Double DNA-Like Helix as an Element of Metamaterials. Photonics 2024, 11, 788.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11090788
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Semchenko IV, Mikhalka IS, Samofalov AL, Khakhomov SA.
Controlling the Shape of a Double DNA-Like Helix as an Element of Metamaterials. Photonics. 2024; 11(9):788.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11090788
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Semchenko, Igor V., Ivan S. Mikhalka, Andrey L. Samofalov, and Sergei A. Khakhomov.
2024. "Controlling the Shape of a Double DNA-Like Helix as an Element of Metamaterials" Photonics 11, no. 9: 788.
https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11090788
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