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SUBMITTER: O'Reilly EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3896760 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Reilly Edward J EJ Olaya-Castro Alexandra A
Nature communications 20140101
Advancing the debate on quantum effects in light-initiated reactions in biology requires clear identification of non-classical features that these processes can exhibit and utilize. Here we show that in prototype dimers present in a variety of photosynthetic antennae, efficient vibration-assisted energy transfer in the sub-picosecond timescale and at room temperature can manifest and benefit from non-classical fluctuations of collective pigment motions. Non-classicality of initially thermalized ...[more]