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    "abstract": "A model is presented for dissipationless energy transfer in cell microtubules\ndue to quantum coherent states. The model is based on conjectured (hydrated)\nferroelectric properties of microtubular arrangements. Ferroelectricity is\nessential in providing the necessary isolation against thermal losses in thin\ninterior regions, full of ordered water, near the tubulin dimer walls of the\nmicrotubule. These play the role of cavity regions, which are similar to\nelectromagnetic cavities of quantum optics. As a result, the formation of\n(macroscopic) quantum coherent states of electric dipoles on the tubulin dimers\nmay occur. Some experiments, inspired by quantum optics, are suggested for the\nfalsification of this scenario.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0009089",
    "authors": [
      "N. E. Mavromatos"
    ],
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      "quant-ph",
      "physics.bio-ph"
    ],
    "title": "Cell Microtubules as Cavities: Quantum Coherence and Energy Transfer?",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0009089"
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