Quantum mechanics of excitation transport in photosynthetic complexes: A key issues review

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Levi, Federico ^a   Mostarda, Stefano ^a   Rao, Francesco ^a   Mintert, Florian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

photosynthesis; quantum physics

Indexed keywords

LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84938078912     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/78/8/082001     Document Type: Review

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