Thorsten Ritz, Ana Damjanović, and Klaus Schulten.
The quantum physics of photosynthesis.
ChemPhysChem, 3:243-248, 2002.
RITZ2002
Biological cells contain nanoscale machineries that
exhibit a unique combination of high efficiency, high
adaptability to changing environmental conditions, and
high reliability. Recent progress in obtaining atomic
resolution structures provide an opportunity for an
atomic level explanation of the biological function of
cellular machineries and the underlying physical
mechanisms.A prime example in this
regard is the apparatus with which purple bacteria
harvest the light of the sun. Its highly symmetrical
architecture and close interplay of biological
functionality with quantum physical processes allow an
illuminating demonstration of the fact that properties of
living beings ultimately rely on and are determined by
the laws of physics.
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