Cheng Yuan-Chung, Fleming Graham R
Department of Chemistry and QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley and Physical Bioscience Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Annu Rev Phys Chem. 2009;60:241-62. doi: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.040808.090259.
We review recent theoretical and experimental advances in the elucidation of the dynamics of light harvesting in photosynthesis, focusing on recent theoretical developments in structure-based modeling of electronic excitations in photosynthetic complexes and critically examining theoretical models for excitation energy transfer. We then briefly describe two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy and its application to the study of photosynthetic complexes, in particular the Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex from green sulfur bacteria. This review emphasizes recent experimental observations of long-lasting quantum coherence in photosynthetic systems and the implications of quantum coherence in natural photosynthesis.
我们回顾了近期在阐明光合作用中光捕获动力学方面的理论和实验进展，重点关注光合复合物中基于结构的电子激发建模的最新理论发展，并批判性地审视了激发能量转移的理论模型。然后，我们简要描述二维电子光谱及其在光合复合物研究中的应用，特别是来自绿硫细菌的芬纳 - 马修斯 - 奥尔森复合物。本综述强调了光合系统中持久量子相干的近期实验观察结果以及量子相干在自然光合作用中的意义。
