Quantum entanglement in photoactive prebiotic systems

Tamulis, Arvydas; Grigalavicius, Mantas

doi:10.1007/s11693-014-9138-6

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“…It is becoming clear that components of living systems use quantum principles, for instance, by absorbing light energy and transferring it across a series of molecules–a fundamental quantum process, where quantum entanglement can be viewed as a form of quantum superposition [40]. One of the factors that can influence coherence is the environmental temperature, as this indicates the energy of a particle, and thus its ability to interact with other components.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Certainly, it seems likely that quantum tunnelling and entanglement were essential for the beginnings of life, especially in relation to photosynthesis, allowing a greater spectrum of photons to be gathered and more efficient transfer of electrons [40,51]. Indeed, many biomolecules may have been selected for their ‘quantum criticality’, and thus behave somewhere between an insulator and a conductor, so also potentially acting as charge carriers [52].…”

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The quantum mitochondrion and optimal health

Nunn

Guy

Bell

2016

Biochemical Society Transactions

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A sufficiently complex set of molecules, if subject to perturbation, will self-organize and show emergent behaviour. If such a system can take on information it will become subject to natural selection. This could explain how self-replicating molecules evolved into life and how intelligence arose. A pivotal step in this evolutionary process was of course the emergence of the eukaryote and the advent of the mitochondrion, which both enhanced energy production per cell and increased the ability to process, store and utilize information. Recent research suggest that from its inception life embraced quantum effects such as ‘tunnelling’ and ‘coherence’ while competition and stressful conditions provided a constant driver for natural selection. We believe that the biphasic adaptive response to stress described by hormesis–a process that captures information to enable adaptability, is central to this whole process. Critically, hormesis could improve mitochondrial quantum efficiency, improving the ATP/ROS ratio, whereas inflammation, which is tightly associated with the aging process, might do the opposite. This all suggests that to achieve optimal health and healthy aging, one has to sufficiently stress the system to ensure peak mitochondrial function, which itself could reflect selection of optimum efficiency at the quantum level.

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Section: The Quantum Anglementioning

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Section: The Quantum Anglementioning

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The quantum mitochondrion and optimal health

Nunn

Guy

Bell

2016

Biochemical Society Transactions

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“…9 11 12 Delivered by Ingenta to: Chinese University of Hong Kong IP: 185. 13 The resulting statement of our above mentioned quantum mechanical investigations is that quantum effects are omnipresent despite the fact that these artificial minimal cells are relatively large and wet, and all molecules are vibrating and rotating. Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen described the EPR paradox 17 early in 1935.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The LANL research project on neutral radical molecules (including bioorganic) for quantum information processing [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] has been supported by the USA Department of Energy under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-36.…”

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Quantum Entangled Single Bioorganic Supramolecules as Light Absorbing and Light Emitting Logical Devices

Tamulis¹,

Grigalavicius²,

Serbenta³

et al. 2015

j comput theor nanosci

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Electron correlation time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) was used to investigate various self-assembled photoactive quantum entangled supramolecular systems. The prebiotic kernel contains provitamin D and sensitizer (1,4-bis(N,N-dimethylamino)naphthalene) attached covalently to a oxo-guanine nucleotide and the precursor of fatty acid (pFA) molecules. As a result the associated electron correlation interactions compress the overall system resulting in an even smaller gap between the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) electron energy levels and photoexcited electron tunnelling occurs from the sensitizer to the pFA, or from provitamin D to the same pFA molecule. Analysis of TD-DFT method calculated absorption spectrum and images of electron transfer trajectories in the different excited states allow to separate quantum photosynthetic transitions and quantum entangled states which show that provitamin D enhance the photosynthetic process in the near UV region and converts into vitamin D. Two variable, quantum entangled AND logic gate was discovered in these photosynthetic prebiotic kernel systems containing provitamin D, which consist of two input photoactive sensitizer derivatives containing two different variable inputs and one output. Quantum mechanical investigations of supramolecular systems containing light emitting molecule 3,6-di(9-carbazolyl)-9-(2-ethylhexyl)carbazole (TCz) allowed to create five variable logical identity function device and quantum entangled two variable OR different light emitting logic photon-electron-photon converter, i.e., quantum logic device. These quantum logical devices might be applied for the construction of molecular processors of quantum optical computers or can be regulators of natural and artificial cells.

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“…For example, Erwin Schrödinger in his 1944 book "What is life" predicted some of the basic characteristics of DNA before it had been discovered [14]. More recently, it has been suggested that quantum effects would have been selected for at the beginnings of life due to their ability to improve efficiency -in particular, quantum tunnelling and superposition [29,30]. Indeed, the concept of directed "quantum evolution" has been proposed, which could explain how the first "self-replicator" molecules arose using basic quantum principles and gets around the problem of how, given the enormous degrees of freedom even a relatively short 15-20 unit peptide or nucleic acid displays, could have arisen [31].…”

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The Hormesis of Thinking: A Deeper Quantum Thermodynamic Perspective?

Nunn¹,

Guy²,

Bell³

2017

Int J Neurorehabilitation Eng

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We are able to read this because of quantum and thermodynamic principles that via an inorganic proton gradient, possibly generated 4.2 billion years ago, gave rise to a system that has an awareness of time and space by using energy to integrate information. Life can be described as a dissipative system driven by an energy gradient that uses information to positively reinforce its self-sustaining structure, which in turn increases its non-linear decisional capacity. Key in the evolution of life has been stress coupled to natural selection, which usually meant an increased demand for energy. As hormesis describes the adaptive response to stress, we propose that hormesis embraces not only the evolution of life, but that of intelligence itself, as natural selection would favour systems that enhances its efficiency. A component of the hormetic response in eukaryotes is the mitochondrion, which itself relies on quantum effects such as tunnelling. This suggests that quantum effects control the stability of individual cells as well as long-lived cellular networks. Hormesis, which can be anti-inflammatory, is therefore key in maintaining the functional stability of complex systems, including the brain. In contrast, a lack of classical hormetic factors, such as physical activity, plant polyphenols, or calorie restriction, will lead to accelerated cognitive decline, which is associated with increased inflammation. However, there may be another previously unidentified factor that could also be considered hormetic, and that is thinking itself. Here we propose that the process of "thinking", and managing complex movement, induces "stress" in the neuronal system and is therefore in itself part of maintaining cognitive health and reserve throughout life. In effect, the right amount of thinking and information processing can beneficially induce adaptation, and this itself could be explainable by quantum thermodynamics.

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Quantum entanglement in photoactive prebiotic systems

Cited by 18 publications

References 58 publications

The quantum mitochondrion and optimal health

The quantum mitochondrion and optimal health

Quantum Entangled Single Bioorganic Supramolecules as Light Absorbing and Light Emitting Logical Devices

The Hormesis of Thinking: A Deeper Quantum Thermodynamic Perspective?

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