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Could Dicke-Superradiance in the Amide-I Region of Proteins Have a Biological Role?

ORAL

Abstract

The highly aligned amide-I electric dipole moments in alpha-helix rich proteins such as G-Protein Couples Receptors are capable with narrow bandwidth picosecond excitation in the mid-IR of exhibiting Dicke super-radiance. While this is a fascinating physics observation, the question is if such a coherent process could possibly have any biological implications. I will try to briefly explore that topic in a speculative way.

Presenters

  • Robert H Austin

    Princeton University

Authors

  • Robert H Austin

    Princeton University

  • Ramzi R Khuri

    Baruch College CUNY

  • Aihua Xie

    Oklahoma State University-Stillwater