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NANOSYSTEMS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, 2013, 4 (1), P. 130-138

THE ROLE OF COHERENCE IN ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESSES OCCURING IN NATURAL BIOCHEMICAL NANOSYSTEMS

V.V. Eremin – Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; vadim@educ.chem.msu.ru
I.O. Glebov – Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; glebov_io@mail.ru
V.V. Poddubniy – Chemistry Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; vvpoddubnyy@gmail.com

The paper describes the influence of optical coherency and vibration dissipation into protein environment on the effectiveness of electron transfer in reaction centers of purple bacteria.

Keywords: coherence, photosynthesis, reaction center, dissipation, relaxation, electron transfer, Redfield theory, purple bacteria.

UDC 577.377, 539.194

PACS 87.15.ht

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