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A model of the primary process in photosynthesis
Author(s) -
Avery John
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560260527
Subject(s) - photosynthesis , thylakoid , exciton , mechanism (biology) , bacteriorhodopsin , chemical physics , process (computing) , primary (astronomy) , chemistry , biophysics , membrane , botany , materials science , physics , chloroplast , biology , biochemistry , computer science , condensed matter physics , quantum mechanics , gene , operating system
The arrangement of membrane‐bound pigments, proteins, and lipids in the thylakoids of higher plants is described, and the role of the membrane in preventing the back‐reaction is discussed. The photosynthetic bacterium halobacterium halobium is also described. A simplified quantum‐mechanical picture of the primary process in photosynthesis is presented, and the mechanism of electron‐hole separation in this picture is compared with the corresponding mechanism in a silicon solar cell. An appendix discusses the application of Frenkel exciton theory to the antenna effect.