TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mohseni,M.
AU  - Omar,Y.
AU  - Engel,G.
AU  - Plenio,M.B.
TI  - Quantum effects in biology
SN  - 9781107010802 (hardback)
U1  - 572.36 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Quantum biochemistry
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-395) and index; 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, Alan 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. Principles of multi-dimensional electronic spectroscopy / Tomas Mancal --  

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, Alán 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--

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N2  - Explores the role of quantum mechanics in biology for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics, biology and chemistry
ER  -