Photosynthesis begins with light harvesting, where specialized pigment–protein complexes
transform sunlight into electronic excitations delivered to reaction centres to initiate charge …

The influence of exciton–vibrational coupling on the optical and transport properties of
molecular aggregates is an old problem that gained renewed interest in recent years. On the …

The crucial step in the conversion of solar to chemical energy in photosynthesis takes place
in the reaction centre, where the absorbed excitation energy is converted into a stable …

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 …

Recent observations of coherence in photosynthetic complexes have led to the question of
whether quantum effects can occur in vivo, not under femtosecond laser pulses but in …

Coherence refers to correlations in waves. Because matter has a wave-particle nature, it is
unsurprising that coherence has deep connections with the most contemporary issues in …

We show how to simulate a model of many molecules with both strong coupling to many
vibrational modes and collective coupling to a single photon mode. We do this by combining …

The antenna complex of green sulfur bacteria, the chlorosome, is one of the most efficient
supramolecular systems for efficient long-range exciton transfer in nature. Femtosecond …

The effects of thermal light–matter interaction on the dynamics of photo-induced electronic
transitions in molecules are investigated using a novel first principles approach based on …

Energy transfer and trapping in the light harvesting antennae of purple photosynthetic
bacteria is an ultrafast process, which occurs with a quantum efficiency close to unity …