Theory and simulation of the environmental effects on FMO electronic transitions

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1771-1776

  Olbrich, Carsten ^a   Strümpfer, Johan ^b   Schulten, Klaus ^b   Kleinekathöfer, Ulrich ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; FIRST EXCITED STATE; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL TEMPERATURE; QUANTUM COHERENCE; VERTICAL EXCITATION ENERGY;

BACTERIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OLIGOMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SULFUR;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 79960714414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz2007676     Document Type: Article

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