Environment-assisted quantum transport in ordered systems

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kassal, Ivan ^a,b   Aspuru Guzik, Alán ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT TRANSPORTS; DECOHERENCE; DEPHASING; DETUNED; DISORDERED SYSTEM; EXCITONIC ENERGY; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; NEW MECHANISMS; ORDERED SYSTEMS; QUANTUM LEVELS; QUANTUM LOCALIZATION; QUANTUM SYSTEM; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; TIGHT BINDING; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84861933276     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053041     Document Type: Article

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