Theory of excitation energy transfer: From structure to function

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 471-485

  Renger, Thomas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excitonic coupling; F rster theory; Generalized F rster theory; Light harvesting; Modified Redfield theory; Pigment protein complex; Redfield theory; Site energies; Spectral density

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 76149125764     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9472-9     Document Type: Review

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