Coherent and incoherent theories for photosynthetic energy transfer
There is a remarkable characteristic of photosynthesis in nature, that is, the energy transfer
efficiency is close to 100%. Recently, due to the rapid progress made in the experimental …
efficiency is close to 100%. Recently, due to the rapid progress made in the experimental …
Quantum mechanics of excitation transport in photosynthetic complexes: a key issues review
F Levi, S Mostarda, F Rao… - Reports on Progress in …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
For a long time microscopic physical descriptions of biological processes have been based
on quantum mechanical concepts and tools, and routinely employed by chemical physicists …
on quantum mechanical concepts and tools, and routinely employed by chemical physicists …
Energy transfer in structured and unstructured environments: Master equations beyond the Born-Markov approximations
We explore excitonic energy transfer dynamics in a molecular dimer system coupled to both
structured and unstructured oscillator environments. By extending the reaction coordinate …
structured and unstructured oscillator environments. By extending the reaction coordinate …
Mechanism of delocalization-enhanced exciton transport in disordered organic semiconductors
Large exciton diffusion lengths generally improve the performance of organic semiconductor
devices, because they enable energy to be transported farther during the exciton lifetime …
devices, because they enable energy to be transported farther during the exciton lifetime …
Even a little delocalization produces large kinetic enhancements of charge-separation efficiency in organic photovoltaics
In organic photovoltaics, charges can separate efficiently even if their Coulomb attraction is
an order of magnitude greater than the available thermal energy. Delocalization has been …
an order of magnitude greater than the available thermal energy. Delocalization has been …
Delocalised kinetic Monte Carlo for simulating delocalisation-enhanced charge and exciton transport in disordered materials
Charge transport is well understood in both highly ordered materials (band conduction) or
highly disordered ones (hopping conduction). In moderately disordered materials …
highly disordered ones (hopping conduction). In moderately disordered materials …
A decade with quantum coherence: How our past became classical and the future turned quantum
T Mančal - Chemical Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Some twelve years ago, Nature published an article reporting an evidence for wavelike
energy transfer in the Fenna-Mattews-Olson complex, a small photosynthetic antenna …
energy transfer in the Fenna-Mattews-Olson complex, a small photosynthetic antenna …
Quantum heat transport of a two-qubit system: Interplay between system-bath coherence and qubit-qubit coherence
A Kato, Y Tanimura - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We consider a system consisting of two interacting qubits that are individually coupled to
separate heat baths at different temperatures. The quantum effects in heat transport are …
separate heat baths at different temperatures. The quantum effects in heat transport are …
[HTML][HTML] Coherent quantum transport in disordered systems: A unified polaron treatment of hopping and band-like transport
Quantum transport in disordered systems is studied using a polaron-based master equation.
The polaron approach is capable of bridging the results from the coherent band-like …
The polaron approach is capable of bridging the results from the coherent band-like …
Efficient real-time path integrals for non-Markovian spin-boson models
Strong coupling between a system and its environment leads to the emergence of non-
Markovian dynamics, which cannot be described by a time-local master equation. One way …
Markovian dynamics, which cannot be described by a time-local master equation. One way …