Does coherence enhance transport in photosynthesis?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 362-367

  Kassal, Ivan ^a   Yuen Zhou, Joel ^a   Rahimi Keshari, Saleh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENAQT; exciton transport; incoherent excitation; quantum biology; supertransfer; transport efficiency

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE ENHANCE; ENAQT; EXCITON TRANSFER; EXCITON TRANSPORT; IN-VIVO; INCOHERENT PROCESS; PARTIALLY COHERENT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; QUANTUM EFFECTS; STATIONARY STATE; STEADY STATE; SUPERTRANSFER; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; TRANSPORT ENHANCEMENTS; ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY;

EFFICIENCY; EXCITONS; LASER PULSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84873475393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301872b     Document Type: Article

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