Coherent transport and energy flow patterns in photosynthesis under incoherent excitation

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2693-2702

  Pelzer, Kenley M ^a   Can, Tankut ^a   Gray, Stephen K ^b   Morr, Dirk K ^a,c   Engel, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; ENERGY TRANSFER; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LASER EXCITATION;

COHERENT EXCITATIONS; COHERENT TRANSPORTS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EXCITON TRANSPORT; INCOHERENT SOURCES; LONG-LIVED COHERENCES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY;

EXCITONS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FMO BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROBI; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROBI; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 84896261310     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500746a     Document Type: Article

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