Keywords:
Quantum biochemistry.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Using data, fundamental theory and experiment, this book explores the role of quantum mechanics in biology, from photosynthesis to avian navigation and olfaction. It is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics, biology and chemistry seeking to understand the interface between quantum mechanics and biology.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (422 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781139958585
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1658758
DDC:
570.15
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Quantum biology: introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Excited states in biology -- 1.3 Light particles and tunnelling -- 1.4 Radical pairs -- 1.5 Questions for the present -- 1.6 Some wide-reaching questions -- 2 Open quantum system approaches to biological systems -- 2.1 Quantum mechanics concepts and notations -- 2.2 Open quantum systems: dynamical map approach -- 2.3 Open quantum systems: master equation approach -- 2.4 Formally exact QME -- 2.5 QME in the weak system-bath coupling limit -- 2.6 QME for weak coupling to a Markovian bath -- 2.7 QMEs beyond weak and Markovian limits -- 2.8 Second-order cumulant time-non-local equation and its hierarchical representation -- 2.9 A post-perturbative time convolution QME -- 2.10 QME in the polaron picture -- 2.11 Path integral techniques -- 2.12 DMRG based approaches -- 3 Generalized Förster resonance energy transfer -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Förster's rate expression: a complete derivation -- 3.3 Transition density cube method -- 3.4 Generalized Förster theories -- 3.5 Important computational issues in an actual application -- 3.6 Applications of MC-FRET -- 3.7 Summary -- 4 Principles of multi-dimensional electronic spectroscopy -- 4.1 Photo-induced dynamics of molecular systems -- 4.2 Non-linear response of multi-state systems -- 4.3 Cumulant expansion of a non-linear response -- 4.4 Selected non-linear spectroscopic methods -- 4.5 Conclusions -- Part II Quantum effects in bacterial photosynthetic energy transfer -- 5 Structure, function, and quantum dynamics of pigment-protein complexes -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Light-harvesting complexes from purple bacteria: structure, function and quantum dynamics -- 5.3 Optical transitions in pigment-protein complexes.
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5.4 Electron transfer in pigment-protein complexes -- 6 Direct observation of quantum coherence -- 6.1 Detecting quantum coherence -- 6.2 Observation of quantum coherence using 2D electronic spectroscopy -- 6.3 Identifying and characterizing quantum coherence signals -- 6.4 Quantum coherence in reaction centres using two colour electronic coherence photon echo spectroscopy -- 6.5 Observing quantum coherences at physiological temperatures -- 6.6 Outlook for future measurements of coherence -- 7 Environment-assisted quantum transport -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Master equations for quantum transport -- 7.3 Quantum transport in a two-chromophore system -- 7.4 The principles of noise-assisted quantum transport -- 7.5 Quantum transport in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein complex -- 7.6 Optimality and robustness of quantum transport -- 7.7 Conclusion -- Part III Quantum effects in higher organismsand applications -- 8 Excitation energy transfer and energy conversion in photosynthesis -- 8.1 Photosynthesis -- 8.2 Photosynthetic energy conversion: charge separation -- 8.3 Light-harvesting -- 9 Electron transfer in proteins -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The rate for a single-step electron transfer reaction mediated by elastic through-bridge tunnelling -- 9.3 Dependence of tunnelling on protein structure: tunnelling pathways and their interferences -- 9.4 Tunnelling matrix element fluctuations in deep-tunnelling ET reactions -- 9.5 Vibrational quantum effects and inelastic tunnelling -- 9.6 Biological ET chains with tunnelling and hopping steps through the protein medium -- 9.7 Conclusions -- 9.8 Acknowledgements -- 10 A chemical compass for bird navigation -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Theoretical basis for a chemical compass -- 10.3 In vitro magnetic field effects on radical pair reactions -- 10.4 Evidence for a radical pair mechanism in birds.
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10.5 Conclusion -- 11 Quantum biology of retinal -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Retinal in rhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin -- 11.3 Quantum physics of excited state dynamics -- 11.4 Regulation of photochemical processes for biological function -- 11.5 Potential energy crossing and conical intersection -- 11.6 Electronic structure of protonated Schiff base retinal -- 11.7 Mechanism of spectral tuning in rhodopsins -- 11.8 Photoisomerization of retinal in rhodopsins -- 11.9 Summary and outlook -- 11.10 Acknowledgement -- 12 Quantum vibrational effects on sense of smell -- 12.1 Phonon assisted tunnelling in olfaction -- 12.2 Important processes and timescales -- 12.3 Quantum rate equations -- 12.4 Putting in numbers -- 12.5 Can we make predictions? -- 12.6 Extensions of the theory for enantiomers -- 13 A perspective on possible manifestations of entanglement in biological systems -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Entanglement -- 13.3 Non-local correlations -- 13.4 Entanglement in biology -- 13.5 Open driven systems and entanglement -- 13.6 Conclusions -- 14 Design and applications of bio-inspired quantum materials -- 14.1 Potential applications of bio-inspired quantum materials -- 14.2 Progress in designing biomimetic quantum materials -- 15 Coherent excitons in carbon nanotubes -- 15.1 Structure -- 15.2 Electronic properties in 1D systems -- 15.3 Exciton-exciton interactions -- 15.4 Non-linear optical response of excitons -- 15.5 Simulations of intensity-dependent 3PEPS -- 15.6 Discussion and conclusions -- 15.7 Acknowledgement -- References -- Index.
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