Abstract
An extension of the effective field approach for the normal mode dynamics of dissolved DNA polymers has been applied to study the vibrational modes of DNA-hydration sheath-counterion system, to include the effect of site bound counterions on the system dynamics. An alternative interpretation has been suggested for a 25 cm-1 mode recently observed in DNA samples and interpreted earlier as an interhelical mode. Analysing the eigenvectors this mode is found to possess a large electric dipole moment with longitudinal collective oscillations of the system. These characteristics identify this mode as a collective plasmon mode. Possible physical reasons for the existence of this character have been presented.
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