Mechanism and reaction coordinate of directional charge separation in bacterial reaction centers

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 694-697

  Eisenmayer, Thomas J ^a   De Groot, Huub J M ^a   Van De Wetering, Elbert ^a   Neugebauer, Johannes ^b   Buda, Francesco ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL REACTION; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHARGE-SEPARATION; DYNAMICAL LOCALIZATION; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATIONAL MODES; ORBITAL ENERGY LEVELS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIAS; REACTION CENTER; REACTION COORDINATES;

AMINO ACIDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEPARATION;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 84858681111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201695p     Document Type: Article

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