BACKGROUND The harvesting of photons is the first step in photosynthesis, the biological
process that transforms solar energy into chemical energy. The photosynthetic membranes …

Over the past few decades, coherent broadband spectroscopy has been widely used to
improve our understanding of ultrafast processes (eg, photoinduced electron transfer, proton …

Solar fuel production often starts with the energy from light being absorbed by an assembly
of molecules; this electronic excitation is subsequently transferred to a suitable acceptor. For …

The design of optimal light-harvesting (supra) molecular systems and materials is one of the
most challenging frontiers of science. Theoretical methods and computational models play a …

Photosystem II (PSII) is an integral part of the photosynthesis machinery, in which several
light-harvesting complexes rely on inter-complex excitonic energy transfer (EET) processes …

Photosynthesis begins with light harvesting, where specialized pigment–protein complexes
transform sunlight into electronic excitations delivered to reaction centres to initiate charge …

Quantum mechanics provides the most accurate microscopic description of the world around
us, yet the interface between quantum mechanics and biology is only now being explored …

Biological systems are dynamical, constantly exchanging energy and matter with the
environment in order to maintain the non-equilibrium state synonymous with living …

Recent experiments suggest that electronic energy transfer in photosynthetic pigment-
protein complexes involves long-lived quantum coherence among electronic excitations of …

Advancing the debate on quantum effects in light-initiated reactions in biology requires clear
identification of non-classical features that these processes can exhibit and utilize. Here we …