Quantum coherence spectroscopy reveals complex dynamics in bacterial light-harvesting complex 2 (LH2)

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

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 706-711

  Harel, Elad ^a,b   Engel, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Excitonic dynamics; Photosynthesis; Quantum biology; Ultrafast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRADIENT ASSISTED PHOTON ECHO SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTUM THEORY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84856400347     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110312109     Document Type: Article

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