Photosynthetic reaction center as a quantum heat engine

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2746-2751

  Dorfman, Konstantin E ^a,b,c   Voronine, Dmitri V ^a,b   Mukamel, Shaul ^c   Scully, Marlan O ^a,b,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photosynthesis; Population oscillations; Quantum biology; Quantum coherence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; OSCILLATOR; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM HEAT ENGINE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

HOT TEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84874274824     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212666110     Document Type: Article

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