English Explanatory Dictionary

Davydov soliton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quasiparticle representing an excitation that propagates along self-trapped amide I groups within the alpha helices of proteins.

Word forms

Davydov soliton Davydov solitons
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