Quantum coherence in (Brain) microtubules and efficient energy and information transport

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mavromatos, Nick E ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CELLS; COMPUTATION THEORY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FREE ENERGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; TIME MEASUREMENT;

BIOLOGICAL UNITS; DECOHERENCE TIME SCALE; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ENERGY AND INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; QUANTUM COHERENCE; SHORT TIME SCALE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84859539280     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/329/1/012026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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