Vibrations, quanta and biology

SF Huelga, MB Plenio - Contemporary Physics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Quantum biology is an emerging field of research that concerns itself with the experimental
and theoretical exploration of non-trivial quantum phenomena in biological systems. In this …

The future of quantum biology

A Marais, B Adams, AK Ringsmuth… - Journal of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biological systems are dynamical, constantly exchanging energy and matter with the
environment in order to maintain the non-equilibrium state synonymous with living …

Quantum transport simulations in a programmable nanophotonic processor

NC Harris, GR Steinbrecher, M Prabhu, Y Lahini… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Environmental noise and disorder play critical roles in quantum particle and wave transport
in complex media, including solid-state and biological systems. While separately both effects …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical limits of photovoltaics efficiency and possible improvements by intuitive approaches learned from photosynthesis and quantum coherence

FH Alharbi, S Kais - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
In this review, we present and discussed the main trends in photovoltaics (PV) with
emphasize on the conversion efficiency limits. The theoretical limits of various photovoltaics …

Coherent quantum transport in disordered systems: I. The influence of dephasing on the transport properties and absorption spectra on one-dimensional systems

JM Moix, M Khasin, J Cao - New journal of Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Excitonic transport in static-disordered one dimensional systems is studied in the presence
of thermal fluctuations that are described by the Haken–Strobl–Reineker model. For short …

Strongly coupled quantum heat machines

D Gelbwaser-Klimovsky… - The journal of physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Energy conversion of heat into work at the quantum level is modeled by quantum heat
machines (QHMs) generally assumed to operate at weak coupling to the baths. This …

Environment-assisted quantum transport in ordered systems

I Kassal, A Aspuru-Guzik - New Journal of Physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Noise-assisted transport in quantum systems occurs when quantum time evolution and
decoherence conspire to produce a transport efficiency that is higher than what would be …

Quantum transport enhancement by time-reversal symmetry breaking

Z Zimborás, M Faccin, Z Kadar, JD Whitfield… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Quantum mechanics still provides new unexpected effects when considering the transport of
energy and information. Models of continuous time quantum walks, which implicitly use time …

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 …

Universal origin for environment-assisted quantum transport in exciton transfer networks

E Zerah-Harush, Y Dubi - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Environment-assisted quantum transport (ENAQT) is the possibility of an external
environment to enhance transport efficiency of quantum particles. This idea has generated …