Natural organisms such as photosynthetic bacteria, algae, and plants employ complex
molecular machinery to convert solar energy into biochemical fuel. An important common …

We review recent theoretical and experimental advances in the elucidation of the dynamics
of light harvesting in photosynthesis, focusing on recent theoretical developments in …

The idea that excitonic (electronic) coherences are of fundamental importance to natural
photosynthesis gained popularity when slowly dephasing quantum beats (QBs) were …

A new quantum dynamic equation for excitation energy transfer is developed which can
describe quantum coherent wavelike motion and incoherent hopping in a unified manner …

Time-resolved optical spectroscopy is widely used to study vibrational and electronic
dynamics by monitoring transient changes in excited state populations on a femtosecond …

Excitons are considered as the basic concept used by describing the spectral properties of
photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes and excitation dynamics in photosynthetic light …

Femtosecond visible and infrared analogues of multiple-pulse nuclear magnetic resonance
techniques provide novel snapshot probes into the structure and electronic and vibrational …

A simple electrostatic method for the calculation of optical transition energies of pigments in
protein environments is presented and applied to the Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) …

Molecular aggregates are abundant in nature; they form spontaneously in concentrated
solutions and on surfaces and can be synthesized by supramolecular chemistry techniques …

The observation of long-lived electronic coherence in photosynthetic excitation energy
transfer (EET) by Engel et al [Nature (London) 446, 782 (2007)] raises questions about the …