Energy Transfer Dynamics in Biomaterial Systems (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)

The role of quantum coherence in promoting the e ciency of the initial stages of photosynthesis is an open and intriguing question. Lee, Cheng, and Fleming, Science 316, 1462 (2007) The understanding and design of functional biomaterials is one of today's grand challenge areas that has sparked an intense exchange between biology, materials sciences, electronics, and various other disciplines. Many new - velopments are underway in organic photovoltaics, molecular electronics, and biomimetic research involving, e. g. , arti cal light-harvesting systems inspired by photosynthesis, along with a host of other concepts and device applications. In fact, materials scientists may well be advised to take advantage of Nature's 3. 8 billion year head-start in designing new materials for light-harvesting and electro-optical applications. Since many of these developments reach into the molecular domain, the - derstanding of nano-structured functional materials equally necessitates f- damental aspects of molecular physics, chemistry, and biology. The elementary energy and charge transfer processes bear much similarity to the molecular phenomena that have been revealed in unprecedented detail by ultrafast op- cal spectroscopies. Indeed, these spectroscopies, which were initially developed and applied for the study of small molecular species, have already evolved into an invaluable tool to monitor ultrafast dynamics in complex biological and materials systems. The molecular-level phenomena in question are often of intrinsically quantum mechanical character, and involve tunneling, non-Born- Oppenheimer e ects, and quantum-mechanical phase coherence.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Springer Series in Chemical Physics, 93
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	2009
Editors:	Irene Burghardt • V. May • David A. Micha • E. R. Bittner
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	476
Edition:	2009 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-02305-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Optics (light) Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Physical chemistry > Quantum & theoretical chemistry Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > General Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Electronic devices & materials > General
LSN:	3-642-02305-3
Barcode:	9783642023057

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