Theoretical description of quantum effects in multi-chromophoric aggregates

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1972, 2012, Pages 3620-3637

  Zimanyi, Eric N ^a   Silbey, Robert J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Decoherence; Exciton; Exciton phonon interactions; Multi chromophoric aggregates

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

COHERENT TRANSPORTS; DECOHERENCE; EXCITON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; LIGHT-HARVESTING COMPLEX; MOLECULAR AGGREGATE; QUANTUM EFFECTS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

AGGREGATES;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84863688903     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0204     Document Type: Review

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