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QUANTUM PHOTOISOMERISM. "The remarkable speed and efficiency of photoisomerization is thought to depend on trivial quantum effects that shape the mechanical positioning of electronic states of the retinal molecule; however, conceivably, quantum effects, particularly coherence, could play a role in phototransduction." https://lnkd.in/eTtJ_KE View in LinkedIn

TUNNELING IN SMELL. "Turin proposed a mechanism in which phonon-assisted inelastic tunnelling of an electron from a donor to an acceptor mediated by the odorant molecule gives a further level of selectivity to the process. A recent model proposed by Brookes expanded on this idea, and presented evidence that such a mechanism fits the observed features of smell." https://lnkd.in/eRUdQZj View in LinkedIn

BLINDING SPEED OF PHOTOISOMERISM. "A femtosecond is the SI unit of time equal to 10(−15) or 1/1,000,000,000,000,000 of a second. That is one quadrillionth, or one millionth of one billionth, of a second. For context, a femtosecond is to a second as a second is to about 31.71 million years." https://lnkd.in/eA4zGTC View in LinkedIn

QUANTUM SCENTS. "Our sense of smell relies on sensitive, selective atomic-scale processes that occur when a scent molecule meets specific receptors in the nose. One novel proposal suggests receptors are actuated by inelastic electron tunneling from a donor to an acceptor mediated by the odorant, and provides critical discrimination. We find the proposal consistent both with the underlying physics and with observed features of smell." https://lnkd.in/e_EKNyK View in LinkedIn

"PHOTOISOMERISM occurs at a remarkable rapid rate of

SPECTRAL SENSES. "The evidence presented here suggests instead that olfaction, like colour vision and hearing, is a spectral sense." http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/6/773 View in LinkedIn

VIBRATIONAL SMELL THEORY. "The most striking instance is that of pure acetophenone and its fully deuterated analogue acetophenone-d, which smell different despite being identical in structure. This fact cannot, it seems, be explained by structure-based theories of odour." http://chemse.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/6/773 View in LinkedIn

ODOR VIBRATIONS. "A novel theory of primary olfactory reception is described. It proposes that olfactory receptors respond not to the shape of the molecules but to their vibrations. It differs from previous vibrational theories in providing a detailed and plausible mechanism for biological transduction of molecular vibrations: inelastic electron tunnelling." https://lnkd.in/eua_6Ks View in LinkedIn

BACTERIORHODOPSIN for sight restoration. "Protein-based retinal implants. BR has remained at the forefront of protein-based device development for the past several decades, however, this trend has only recently permeated into the field of biomedical devices and prosthetics." https://lnkd.in/eqeu6na View in LinkedIn

NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS of bacteriorhodopsin "one of the most rigorously investigated biomaterial for use in electronic applications, culminating in the development of numerous prototypes of devices that include Fourier-transform holographic associative processors, three-dimensional optical memories, biosensors, photovoltaic cells and protein-based retinal prostheses." https://lnkd.in/eqeu6na View in LinkedIn