Biopolym. Cell. 1990; 6(4):79-83.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.000282
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
Concerning the problem on the nature of low-frequency Raman spectra of biopolymers
1Govorun D. N., 1Mishchuk Ya. R., 1Zheltovsky N. V.
  1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR
    Kiev, USSR

Abstract

The paper is devoted to analysis of some peculiarities of low-frequency Raman scattering in biopolymers. An attention is paid to the problem on identification of low-frequency vibrational modes of biopolymers to internal and external ones, and it is shown, that neglect of the Bose-Einstein factor leads to uncontrolled errors. It is concluded that low-frequency Raman scattering is promising to determine fractal properties of biopolymers.
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