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The dynamics of energy transfer processes in photosynthetic reaction centers and the light harvesting antenna LH2 are elucidated quantitatively using a new prescription for applying Forster theory to complex molecular aggregates. We conclude that the design of highly efficient light harvesting antenna systems generally cannot be predicted by pairwise Förster theory.
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Jordanides, X.J., Scholes, G.D., Fleming, G.R. (2001). Quantitative modeling of ultrafast energy transfer dynamics in the photosynthetic apparatus. In: Ultrafast Phenomena XII. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 66. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56546-5_200
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