Exciton Transfer in Photosynthesis and Engineered Systems: Role of Electronic Coherence and the Environment

Recent experiments show evidence for long-lived electronic coherence in several photosynthetic complexes, for example in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex of green sulfur bacteria. The experiments raise questions about the microscopic reasons for this quantum coherence and its role to the functioning...

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Main Author: Rebentrost, Frank
Other Authors: Aspuru-Guzik, Alan
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10474
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10288515