supertransfer

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noun

The cooperative and coherent transfer of energy between chromophores.

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Meanings

noun
  1. The cooperative and coherent transfer of energy between chromophores.

    We find that in both LH2 and LH1 complexes, symmetry increases energy transfer rates by enabling the cooperative, coherent process of supertransfer.

    2016, Sima Baghbanzadeh, Ivan Kassal, “Geometry, supertransfer, and optimality in the light harvesting of purple bacteria”, in arXiv

Origin

From super- + transfer.

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