I remember going to an interesting lecture by Dr. Schrieffer back in (1997?) where he talked about effectively fractional quantum numbers in the electron wavefu

I remember going to an interesting lecture by Dr. Schrieffer back in (1997?) where he talked about effectively fractional quantum numbers in the electron wavefunctions in long chained molecules like DNA. I don't think much came of it, but it was an interesting idea. Here is a review by Frank Wilczek: http://www.frankwilczek.com/Wilczek_Easy_Pieces/330_Fractional_Quantum_Numbers.pdf http://www.frankwilczek.com/Wilczek_Easy_Pieces/330_Fraction...