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Charge transport properties of ideal and natural DNA segments, as mutation detectors 
M. Mantela, K. Lambropoulos, C. Simserides* 
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 25 (2023) 7750-7762 doi: 10.1039/D3CP00268C

Energy Transport along α-Helix Protein Chains: 
External Drives and Multifractal Analysis
N. Sefidkar, S. Fathizadeh*, F. Nemati, C. Simserides
Materials 15 (2022) 2779 (13 pages) doi: 10.3390/ma15082779

Cyclo[18]carbon including Zero-Point Motion: 
Ground State, First Singlet and Triplet Excitations, and Hole Transfer
K. Lambropoulos*, A. M. Alvertis, A. Morphis, C. Simserides
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24 (2022) 7779-7787 doi: 10.1039/D2CP00343K

LCAO electronic structure of nucleic acid bases and other heterocycles and transfer integrals in B-DNA, including structural variability
M. Mantela, C. Simserides*, R. Di Felice*
Materials 14 (2021) 4930 (20 pages) doi: 10.3390/ma14174930

Effects of structural dynamics on charge carrier transfer in B-DNA: a combined MD and RT-TDDFT study
M. Mantela, A. Morphis, K. Lambropoulos, C. Simserides*, R. Di Felice*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 125 (2021) 3986-4003
doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c11489

Hole transfer in open carbynes
C. Simserides*, A. Morphis, K. Lambropoulos
Materials 13 (2020) 3979 (24 pages)
doi: 10.3390/ma13183979

Hole Transfer in Cumulenic and Polyynic Carbynes
C. Simserides*, A. Morphis, K. Lambropoulos
The Journal of Physical Chemistry 124 (2020) 1283412849
doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03763

Tight-Binding modeling of nucleic acid sequences: 
interplay between various types of order or disorder and charge transport
K. Lambropoulos* and C. Simserides*
Symmetry 11 (2019) 968 (26 pages)
doi: 10.3390/sym11080968
Invited Review to the special issue of Symmetry, 
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Quasicrystals or Amorphous Materials, 
with guest Editor Enrique Macia.

Quasi-periodic and fractal polymers: Energy structure and carrier transfer
M. Mantela, K. Lambropoulos, M. Theodorakou, C. Simserides*
Materials 12 (2019), 2177 (30 pages) 
doi: 10.3390/ma12132177

Periodic, quasiperiodic, fractal, Kolakoski, and random binary polymers: 
Energy structure and carrier transport
K. Lambropoulos and C. Simserides* 
Physical Review E 99 (2019) 032415 (17 pages)
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.032415
Academy of Athens, Lycurgus Award, 2022, for original research in Theoretical Physics. 

Periodic polymers with increasing repetition unit: 
Energy structure and carrier transfer 
K. Lambropoulos, C. Vantaraki, P. Bilia, M. Mantela, C. Simserides*
Physical Review E 98 (2018) 032412 (14 pages + 23 pages Supplemental Material) 
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.98.032412

Spectral and transmission properties of periodic 1D Tight-Binding lattices with 
a generic unit cell: an analysis within the transfer matrix approach
K. Lambropoulos* and C. Simserides*
Journal of Physics Communications 2 (2018) 035013 (19 pages)
doi: 10.1088/2399-6528/aab065

Electronic structure and charge transport properties of atomic carbon wires
K. Lambropoulos and C. Simserides*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (2017) 26890 - 26897
doi: 10.1039/c7cp05134d

MOVIE: hole oscillations within the AT dimer produced by RT-TDDFT

MOVIE: hole oscillations within the GA dimer produced by RT-TDDFT 

RT-TDDFT study of hole oscillations in B-DNA monomers and dimers
M. Tassi*, A. Morphis, K. Lambropoulos, C. Simserides
Cogent Physics 4 (2017) 1361077 (12 pages)
doi: 10.1080/23311940.2017.1361077 

Electronic structure and carrier transfer in B-DNA monomer polymers and dimer polymers: Stationary and time-dependent aspects of wire model vs. extended ladder model
K. Lambropoulos, M. Chatzieleftheriou, A. Morphis, K. Kaklamanis, R. Lopp, M. Theodorakou, M. Tassi, C. Simserides*
Physical Review E 94 (2016) 062403 (22 pages)
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.062403

Wire and extended ladder model predict THz oscillations in DNA monomers, dimers and trimers
K. Lambropoulos, K. Kaklamanis, A. Morphis, M. Tassi, R. Lopp, G. Georgiadis, M. Theodorakou, M. Chatzieleftheriou, C. Simserides*
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 28 (2016) 495101 (19 pages)
doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/49/495101

Lowest ionization and excitation energies of biologically important heterocyclic planar molecules
M. Mantela, A. Morphis, M. Tassi, C. Simserides*
Molecular Physics 114 (2016) 709-718
doi: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1113313 

Unbiased charge oscillations in DNA monomer polymers and dimer polymers
K. Lambropoulos, M. Chatzieleftheriou, A. Morphis, K. Kaklamanis, M. Theodorakou, C. Simserides*
Physical Review E 92 (2015) 032725 (16 pages)
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.032725

THz and above THz electron or hole oscillations in DNA dimers and trimers
K. Lambropoulos, K. Kaklamanis, G. Georgiadis, C. Simserides*
Annalen der Physik (Berlin) 526 (2014) 249–258
doi: 10.1002/andp.20140006A7

A systematic study of electron or hole transfer along DNA dimers, trimers and polymers
C. Simserides*
Chemical Physics 440 (2014) 31-41
doi: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2014.05.024

Density of states and extent of wave function: two crucial factors for small polaron hopping conductivity in 1D
M. Dimakogianni, C. Simserides*, G. P. Triberis
Philosophical Magazine, 93 (2013) 2729-2748
doi: 10.1080/14786435.2013.785639
Academy of Athens Georgios Th. Foteinos Award, 2014, for original research in Experimental or Theoretical Physics.

Electronic parameters for charge transfer along DNA
L. G. D. Hawke, G. Kalosakas*, C. Simserides
European Physical Jouranl E 032 (2010) 291–305
doi: 10.1140/epje/i2010-10650-y

Empirical LCAO parameters for p molecular orbitals in planar organic molecules
L. G. D. Hawke, G. Kalosakas*, C. Simserides
Molecular Physics 107 (2009) 1755–1771
doi: 10.1080/00268970903049089

The π-π* molecular structure of flavin of FADH- enzymatic cofactor using the LCAO method
L. G. D. Hawke, C. Simserides*, G. Kalosakas
Materials Science and Engineering B 165 (2009) 266–269
doi: 10.1016/j.mseb.2009.02.012

Effects of the task of categorizing FM direction on auditory evoked magnetic fields in the human auditory cortex
R. Koenig, C. Sielużycki*, C. Simserides, P. Heil, H. Scheich
Brain Research 1220 (2008) 102-117
doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.02.086

A small polaron hopping model for multiphonon-assisted transport along DNA molecules, in the presence of disorder
G. Triberis, C. Simserides*, V. Karavolas
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 32 (2006) 592–595
doi: 10.1016/j.physe.2005.12.111

Small polaron hopping transport along DNA molecules
G. P. Triberis*, C. Simserides, V. C. Karavolas
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 (2005) 2681-2690
doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/17/016


Proceedings ...

Proceedings of ANBRE21 (Arch Eng, Nano, Bio, Robotics & Energy). 
The 2021 International Conference on Advances in Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering (ICBME21), 
Seoul National University, Korea, August 23-26, 2021.
C. Simserides*, A. Morphis, K. Lambropoulos. 
Hole Transfer in Open Cumulenic and Polyynic Carbyne Chains. 

Frequency Content of Carrier Oscillations along B-DNA Aperiodic and Periodic Polymers
M. Mantela, K. Lambropoulos, C. Vantaraki, P. Bilia, A. Morphis, C. Simserides*
PIERS (PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium, aka 
Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium), 17-20 June 2019, Rome, Italy.
pp. 831-838, doi: 10.1109/PIERS-Spring46901.2019.9017899
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=9017899&isnumber=9017213
Honorable Mention Student Paper (Antennas & Microwave Technologies) for M. Mantela

Frequency Content of Carrier Oscillations along B-DNA Polymers
K. Lambropoulos, M. Mantela, C. Simserides*
PIERS (Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium) Proceedings, 
19- 22 November 2017, Singapore. 
Volume 2018-November, 2018, Pages 186-193. 
doi: 10.1109/PIERS-FALL.2017.8293134

THz oscillations in DNA monomers, dimers and trimers
K. Lambropoulos, K. Kaklamanis, G. Georgiadis, M. Theodorakou, M. Chatzieleftheriou, M. Tassi, A. Morphis, C. Simserides*
PIERS (Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium) Proceedings, 6-9 July 2015, Prague, pp 879-833
Best Student Paper Award (Optics and Photonics) for K. Lambropoulos

The effect of a categorical discrimination task on the auditory M100 peak latency
R. König*, C. Sielużycki, C. Simserides, H. Scheich, 
International Congress Series 1300 (2007) 45-48 doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2007.01.062 
Proceedings of BIOMAG 2006 (15th International Conference on Biomagnetism)

High temperature electrical conductivity due to small polaron hopping motion in DNA molecules
G. P. Triberis*, V. C. Karavolas, C. Simserides
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 10 (2005) 210–213 (with referee)
doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/10/1/052 
Proceedings of the 2nd Conf. on Microelectronics, Microsystems and Nanotechnology 2004

Do stimuli or tasks determine lateralized auditory cortex responses? An MEG study
C. Sielużycki, R. König, C. Simserides, H. Scheich
International Journal of Bioelectromagnetism, IJBEM 7 (2005) 185-188
[Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of 5th International Conference on Bioelectromagnetism and 5th International Symposium on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging within the Human Brain and Heart (BEM & NFSI), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 12-15/5/2005]. 

An MEG study of directional categorization of frequency-modulated tones
C. Simserides, R. König, and H. Scheich
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Biomagnetism (BIOMAG 2004), 
E. Halgren, S. Ahlfors, M. Hämäläinen, and D. Cohen (eds.), pp. 543-544. Boston: Biomag 2004 Ltd.

Task-dependent activation of the auditory cortex by frequency-modulated tones: an MEG study
C. Simserides*, R. König, and H. Scheich
Biomedizinische Technik 48 (2004) 205-207 (with referee)
Proceedings of NFSI-2003 (4th International Symposium on Nonivasive Functional Source Imaging)

Auditory Cortex Response to Frequency-Modulated Tones Investigated with MEG
R. König, C. Simserides, and H. Scheich
Proceedings of the International Conference on Auditory Cortex, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, Germany (2003) p.30 (13-17 September 2003, Magdeburg, Germany)

Tight-binding parameters for charge transport in DNA, 
L. G. D. Hawke, G. Kalosakas, C. Simserides 
5th Conference of the Hellenic Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 17-19 October 2010, Alexandroupolis, Greece

A few related older presentations ...

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2017), 19- 22 November 2017, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 
Two TB Approaches (a Wire Model and an Extended Ladder Model) as Well as RT-TDDFT, Predict THz Oscillations in DNA Monomers, Dimers and Trimers. 
and 
Frequency Content of Carrier Oscillations along B-DNA Polymers. 

Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP), March Meeting 2017, 8-11 March 2017, Castelli Romani, Rome, Hotel Helio Cabala.
Charge transfer - THz oscillations in DNA segments

EMN Open Access Week (2014) Chengdu
Systematic study of carrier transfer in DNA polymers

NN14 (2014) Thessaloniki
THz and above THz electron or hole oscillations in DNA dimers and trimers

MIFP March Meeting (2011) Rome
Tight binding parameters for charge transport along DNA

MSS-12 (2005) Albuquerque
A small polaron hopping model for the multiphonon-assisted transport along DNA molecules, in the presence of disorder

SOUND PROPERTIES: An encyclopaedic narration, (2002-2004) Magdeburg
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