Vibronic Resonances Facilitate Excited-State Coherence in Light-Harvesting Proteins at Room Temperature

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 4573-4580

  Novelli, Fabio ^a   Nazir, Ahsan ^b   Richards, Gethin H ^a   Roozbeh, Ashkan ^a   Wilk, Krystyna E ^c   Curmi, Paul M G ^c   Davis, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

coherence; dynamics; photosynthesis; quantum coupling; ultrafast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY;

COHERENT SUPERPOSITIONS; EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; LIGHT HARVESTING PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; QUANTUM COUPLINGS; QUANTUM SUPERPOSITIONS; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84947905878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02058     Document Type: Article

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