Using coherence to enhance function in chemical and biophysical systems
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Univ. of Freiburg (Germany). Inst. of Physics
- Boston Univ., MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Vrije Univ., Amsterdam (Netherlands). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- National Inst. of Natural Sciences (NINS), Okazaki (Japan). Inst. for Molecular Science
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Univ. of Ottawa, ON (Canada). Dept. of Physics
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. College London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
- Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Coherence phenomena arise from interference, or the addition, of wave-like amplitudes with fixed phase differences. Although coherence has been shown to yield transformative ways for improving function, advances have been confined to pristine matter and coherence was considered fragile. However, recent evidence of coherence in chemical and biological systems suggests that the phenomena are robust and can survive in the face of disorder and noise. In this work, we survey the state of recent discoveries, present viewpoints that suggest that coherence can be used in complex chemical systems, and discuss the role of coherence as a design element in realizing function.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1464147
- Journal Information:
- Nature (London), Vol. 543, Issue 7647; ISSN 0028-0836
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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