Quantum-coherent electronic energy transfer: Did nature think of it first?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-8

  Scholes, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; COHERENT ENERGY TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC ENERGY TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FORSTER ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT-HARVESTING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROTEINS; QUANTUM COHERENCE; SYNTHETIC SYSTEMS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTEINS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 77149127727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900062f     Document Type: Article

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