Theoretical examination of quantum coherence in a photosynthetic system at physiological temperature

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 17255-17260

  Ishizaki, Akihito ^a,b   Fleming, Graham R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic energy transfer; Photosynthesis; Quantum dynamics

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROBI; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70350458140     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908989106     Document Type: Article

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