Resonance-coherence separation in molecular energy transfer: an open quantum-system framework
Resonant energy transfer in molecular systems can remain efficient under substantial environmental dephasing, making transport enhancement alone an insufficient indicator of persistent quantum coherence. A central question is whether the environmental scale governing the disappearance of coherence-sensitive behaviour coincides with the scale governing the loss of resonance-enhanced transfer. This work develops an open quantum-system framework for examining that separation in a weakly driven donor-bridge-acceptor molecular network.