Quantum Plants: The Secret of Photosynthesis
In short: Plants and certain bacteria achieve near-unity quantum efficiency in capturing solar photons, transferring energy to reaction centers with less than five percent lost as heat.
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Sources used in this film: Nature, “Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems”; MIT News, “Chemists discover why photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient”; University of Surrey, “Quantum effects in photosynthesis research | University of Surrey”; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, “Science@Berkeley Lab: New Quantum Secrets of Photosynthesis”; arXiv, “Long-lived quantum coherence in photosynthetic complexes at physiological temperature”; Nature, “Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems - Nature”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Do photosynthetic complexes use quantum coherence to increase their efficiency? Probably not”.
Sources used in this film
- Nature — Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems · View →
- MIT News — Chemists discover why photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient · View →
- University of Surrey — Quantum effects in photosynthesis research | University of Surrey · View →
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — Science@Berkeley Lab: New Quantum Secrets of Photosynthesis · View →
- arXiv — Long-lived quantum coherence in photosynthetic complexes at physiological temperature · View →
- Nature — Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems - Nature · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Do photosynthetic complexes use quantum coherence to increase their efficiency? Probably not · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Nature: Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems
- Also: MIT News: Chemists discover why photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient
- Also: University of Surrey: Quantum effects in photosynthesis research | University of Surrey
- Also: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Science@Berkeley Lab: New Quantum Secrets of Photosynthesis
- Also: arXiv: Long-lived quantum coherence in photosynthetic complexes at physiological temperature
- Also: Nature: Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems - Nature
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Do photosynthetic complexes use quantum coherence to increase their efficiency? Probably not
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