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most citedProton tunneling in hydrogen bonds and its implications in an induced-fit model of enzyme catalysis

28 citations · 116 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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25 papers

quant-ph2026

Quantum in Biology, Quantum for Biology, and Biology for Quantum: Mapping the Evidence and the Road Ahead

Lea Gassab, Betony Adams, Yashine H. Goolam Hossen +7

Quantum science and biology now intersect in three complementary directions: quantum in biology, quantum for biology, and biology for quantum. This review provides a structured nar…

math.PR2026

The Funessian process: Non-Markovian dynamics shaped by the first event

Bilal Canturk, Gokhan Baris Bagci, Onur Pusuluk

We construct a continuous-time, positively divisible non-Markovian process with memory of the initial state that satisfies the differential Chapman--Kolmogorov equation. In the sta…

quant-ph2026

Catalytic quantum thermodynamics beyond additivity and reduced-state monotones

Ali Can Günhan, Onur Pusuluk, Thomas Oikonomou +1

The generalized second laws of quantum thermodynamics are usually formulated in terms of Rényi divergences and the associated family of generalized free energies. In catalytic ther…

q-bio.NC2026

The physical basis of information flow in neural matter: a thermocoherent perspective on cognitive dynamics

Onur Pusuluk

Information flow is central to contemporary accounts of cognition, yet its physical basis in living neural matter remains poorly specified. Here, we develop a multiscale resource-t…

quant-ph2026

Quantum Information Flow in Microtubule Tryptophan Networks

Lea Gassab, Onur Pusuluk, Travis J. A. Craddock

Networks of aromatic amino acid residues within microtubules, particularly those formed by tryptophan, may serve as pathways for optical information flow. Ultraviolet excitation dy…

quant-ph2025

Thermodynamic limits of the Mpemba effect: A unified resource theory analysis of correlation-enabled mechanisms

Doruk Can Alyürük, Mahir H. Yeşiller, Vlatko Vedral +1

The Mpemba effect, in which a hotter system cools faster than a colder one, remains one of the most intriguing anomalies in thermodynamics. Here, we investigate its microscopic ori…

q-bio.NC2025★ 11 cited

Quantum Models of Consciousness from a Quantum Information Science Perspective

Lea Gassab, Onur Pusuluk, Marco Cattaneo +1

This perspective explores various quantum models of consciousness from the viewpoint of quantum information science, offering potential ideas and insights. The models under conside…

quant-ph2024★ 5 cited

Quantum thermal machine as a rectifier

M. Santiago-García, O. Pusuluk, Ö. E. Müstecaplıoğlu +2

We study a chain of interacting individual quantum systems connected to heat baths at different temperatures on both ends. Starting with the two-system case, we thoroughly investig…

quant-ph2024★ 1 cited

Steady-State Entanglement Generation via Casimir-Polder Interactions

Mohsen Izadyari, Onur Pusuluk, Kanu Sinha +1

We investigate the generation of steady-state entanglement between two atoms resulting from the fluctuation-mediated Casimir-Polder (CP) interactions near a surface. Starting with…

quant-ph2023★ 6 cited

Boosting Biomolecular Switch Efficiency With Quantum Coherence

Mattheus Burkhard, Onur Pusuluk, Tristan Farrow

The resource theory of quantum thermodynamics has emerged as a powerful tool for exploring the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of microscopic and highly correlated systems. Recently, i…

quant-ph2023★ 2 cited

Electron delocalization in aromaticity as a superposition phenomenon

Mahir H. Yeşiller, Onur Pusuluk

This letter investigates the applications and extensions of the resource theory of quantum superposition within the realm of quantum chemistry. Specifically, we explore aromaticity…

quant-ph2023★ 3 cited

What is \textit{Quantum} in Probabilistic Explanations of the Sure Thing Principle Violation?

Nematollah Farhadi Mahalli, Onur Pusuluk

The Prisoner's Dilemma game (PDG) is one of the simple test-beds for the probabilistic nature of the human decision-making process. Behavioral experiments have been conducted on th…

quant-ph2023★ 8 cited

Geometrical optimization of spin clusters for the preservation of quantum coherence

Lea Gassab, Onur Pusuluk, Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu

We investigate the influence of geometry on the preservation of quantum coherence in spin clusters subjected to a thermal environment. Assuming weak inter-spin coupling, we explore…

quant-ph2023★ 5 cited

A Compendious Review of Majorization-Based Resource Theories: Quantum Information and Quantum Thermodynamics

Gökhan Torun, Onur Pusuluk, Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu

The field of quantum resource theory (QRT) has emerged as an invaluable framework for the examination of small and strongly correlated quantum systems, surpassing the boundaries im…

quant-ph2023

Manipulating fermionic mode entanglement in the presence of superselection rules

Ömer Tırınk, Gökhan Torun, Onur Pusuluk

Superselection rules (SSRs), linked to the conservation of physical quantities such as parity or particle number, impose constraints on allowable physical operations in fermionic s…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

Biorthogonal resource theory of genuine quantum superposition

Onur Pusuluk

The phenomenon of quantum superposition manifests in two distinct ways: it either spreads out across non-orthogonal basis states or remains concealed within their overlaps. Despite…

quant-ph2022★ 2 cited

Witnessing superpositions of causal orders before the process is completed

Onur Pusuluk, Zafer Gedik, Vlatko Vedral

The questions we raise in this letter are as follows: What is the most general representation of a quantum state at a single point in time? Can we adapt the current formalisms to s…

quant-ph2021

Quantum Correlations in Jahn-Teller Molecular Systems Simulated with Superconducting Circuits

Ali Pedram, Onur Pusuluk, Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu

We explore quantum correlations, in particular, quantum entanglement, among vibrational phonon modes as well as between electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom in molecular s…

quant-ph2021★ 7 cited

Classical and Quantum Orbital Correlations in the Molecular Electronic States

Onur Pusuluk, Mahir H. Yesiller, Gokhan Torun +3

The quantum superposition principle has been extensively utilized in the quantum mechanical description of the bonding phenomenon. It explains the emergence of delocalized molecula…

quant-ph2020★ 15 cited

Quantum Rayleigh problem and thermocoherent Onsager relations

Onur Pusuluk, Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu

The role of quantum coherence and correlations in heat flow and equilibration is investigated by exploring the Rayleigh's dynamical problem to equilibration in the quantum regime a…

quant-ph2018★ 14 cited

Quantum entanglement shared in hydrogen bonds and its usage as a resource in molecular recognition

Onur Pusuluk, Gokhan Torun, Cemsinan Deliduman

Quantum tunneling events occurring through biochemical bonds are capable to generate quantum correlations between bonded systems, which in turn makes the conventional second law of…

quant-ph2017★ 3 cited

Emergence of correlated proton tunneling in water ice

Onur Pusuluk, Tristan Farrow, Cemsinan Deliduman +1

Several experimental and theoretical studies report instances of concerted or correlated multiple proton tunneling in solid phases of water. Here, we construct a pseudo-spin model…

physics.chem-ph2017★ 28 cited

Proton tunneling in hydrogen bonds and its implications in an induced-fit model of enzyme catalysis

Onur Pusuluk, Tristan Farrow, Cemsinan Deliduman +2

The role of proton tunneling in biological catalysis is investigated here within the frameworks of quantum information theory and thermodynamics. We consider the quantum correlatio…

quant-ph2011★ 1 cited

Entanglement Swapping Model of DNA Replication

Onur Pusuluk, Cemsinan Deliduman

Molecular biology explains function of molecules by their geometrical and electronical structures that are mainly determined by utilization of quantum effects in chemistry. However…