Comment on ‘‘Thermodynamic properties of α-helix protein: A soliton approach’’

Pang Xiao-feng
Phys. Rev. E 49, 4747 – Published 1 May 1994
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Abstract

We disagree with the deduction of the equations of motion for the Davydov soliton and of the results in the paper by Jia-Xin Xiao et al. [Phys. Rev. A 44, 8375 (1991)]. The weakness and faults of the Davydov theory are also indicated.

  • Received 9 August 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.49.4747

©1994 American Physical Society

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Pang Xiao-feng

  • Chinese Center of Advanced Science and Technology (World Laboratory), P.O. Box 8730, Beijing 100080, China
  • International Centre for Material Physics, Academic Sinica, Shenyang 110015, China
  • Department of Physics, Southwest Institute for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, China
  • National Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing 210008, China

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Vol. 49, Iss. 5 — May 1994

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