Elucidation of the timescales and origins of quantum electronic coherence in LHCII

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 389-395

  Schlau Cohen, Gabriela S ^a,b,d   Ishizaki, Akihito ^a,b,e   Calhoun, Tessa R ^a,b,f   Ginsberg, Naomi S ^a,b   Ballottari, Matteo ^c   Bassi, Roberto ^c   Fleming, Graham R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HALF LIFE TIME; PHOTOSYSTEM II; SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HALF-LIFE; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860255135     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1303     Document Type: Article

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