title: Dynamics of light harvesting in photosynthesis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley and Physical Bioscience Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Yuan-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Graham R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D004583:Electrons; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins