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.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022