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Natural antennas inspire synthetic sun sponges

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The evolutionary chemical machinery of nature – plus a dash of human ingenuity – has inspired synthetic light-harvesting antennas that convert sunlight into unprecedented amounts of usable energy. Light-harvesting antennas are normally found in plants and photosynthesizing bacteria. The synthetic versions consist of carefully designed rings of proteins with attached pigment molecules that are in ideal positions to capture the sun’s energy, including wavelengths that plants naturally ignore. A team affiliated with the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC) at...Read full article

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    Published: November 2013
    AmericasCaliforniaChristine KirmaierDavid BociaDewey HoltenEnglandEuropeGreenLightJonathan Lindseylight harvestinglight-harvesting antennasMaterials & ChemicalsMissouriNeil HunterNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina State UniversityPamela Parkes-LoachPaul LoachphotosynthesisPhotosynthetic Antenna Research CenterRiversidesynthetic antennasUniversity of CaliforniaUniversity of Sheffield in EnglandWashington University in St. LouisWUSTL

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