Vibronic coherence in oxygenic photosynthesis

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 706-711

  Fuller, Franklin D ^a   Pan, Jie ^a   Gelzinis, Andrius ^b,c   Butkus, Vytautas ^b,c   Senlik, S Seckin ^a   Wilcox, Daniel E ^a   Yocum, Charles F ^a   Valkunas, Leonas ^b,c   Abramavicius, Darius ^b   Ogilvie, Jennifer P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84904812343     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2005     Document Type: Article

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