Quantum Effects in Biology (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Mohseni, Masoud

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Quantum mechanics provides the most accurate microscopic description of the world around us, yet the interface between quantum mechanics and biology is only now being explored. This book uses a combination of experiment and theory to examine areas of biology believed to be strongly influenced by manifestly quantum phenomena. Covering subjects ranging from coherent energy transfer in photosynthetic light harvesting to spin coherence in the avian compass and the problem of molecular recognition in olfaction, the book is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics, biology and chemistry seeking to understand the applications of quantum mechanics to biology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139949040
• Artikelnr.: 52945795

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Quantum biology:
introduction Graham R. Fleming and Gregory D. Scholes; 2. Open quantum
system approaches to biological systems Alireza Shabani, Masoud Mohseni,
Seogjoo Jang, Akihito Ishizaki, Martin Plenio, Patrick Rebentrost, Alàn
Aspuru-Guzik, Jianshu Cao, Seth Lloyd and Robert Silbey; 3. Generalized
Förster resonance energy transfer Seogjoo Jang, Hoda Hossein-Nejad and
Gregory D. Scholes; 4. Multidimensional electronic spectroscopy Tomá
Man¿al; Part II. Quantum Effects in Bacterial Photosynthetic Energy
Transfer: 5. Structure, function, and quantum dynamics of pigment protein
complexes Ioan Kosztin and Klaus Schulten; 6. Direct observation of quantum
coherence Gregory S. Engel; 7. Environment-assisted quantum transport
Masoud Mohseni, Alàn Aspuru-Guzik, Patrick Rebentrost, Alireza Shabani,
Seth Lloyd, Susana F. Huelga and Martin B. Plenio; Part III. Quantum
Effects in Higher Organisms and Applications: 8. Excitation energy transfer
in higher plants Elisabet Romero, Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin and Rienk van
Grondelle; 9. Electron transfer in proteins Spiros S. Skourtis; 10. A
chemical compass for bird navigation Ilia A. Solov'yov, Thorsten Ritz,
Klaus Schulten and Peter J. Hore; 11. Quantum biology of retinal Klaus
Schulten and Shigehiko Hayashi; 12. Quantum vibrational effects on sense of
smell A. M. Stoneham, L. Turin, J. C. Brookes and A. P. Horsfield; 13. A
perspective on possible manifestations of entanglement in biological
systems Hans J. Briegel and Sandu Popescu; 14. Design and applications of
bio-inspired quantum materials Mohan Sarovar, Dörthe M. Eisele and K.
Birgitta Whaley; 15. Coherent excitons in carbon nanotubes Leonas Valkunas
and Darius Abramavicius; Glossary; References; Index.