Vibrations, quanta and biology

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 181-207

  Huelga, S F ^a   Plenio, M B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technologies   (Germany)

Author keywords

biology; coherence; electrons; environments; excitons; protons; quantum dynamics; transport; vibrations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887961173     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2013.829687     Document Type: Review

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