@article{
author = "Ivić, Zoran and Pržulj, Željko and Kapor, Darko and Škrinjar, Mario J.",
year = "1996",
abstract = "The concept that polarons and solitons may play a crucial role as the underlying transport agents in biological structures has been critically re-examined on the basis of the general theory of self-trapping (ST) phenomena. The conditions determining the existence and stability of polarons and solitons, and their character as a function of the values of the basic physical parameters of the system, were formulated. It was found that Davydovs soliton model cannot explain the intramolecular energy transfer in the alpha-helix and acetanilide, and an alternative formulation in terms of the so-called Takeno model is more realistic. However, Davydovs theory is sufficiently flexible to describe electron transfer in the alpha-helix and acetanilide.",
journal = "Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics",
title = "On the relevance of self-trapping as the mechanism for charge and energy transfer In biological systems",
volume = "41",
number = "1",
pages = "43-46",
doi = "10.1016/0302-4598(96)01926-5"
}