All the Energy You Need … from Tiny Leaves
On a warm summer afternoon, you may find yourself on a leisurely walk through bucolic meadows or toiling under the glare of the sun because the lawn just won’t mow itself, but why not let the grass do some work and earn its keep?
Grass, as does all green plant life, gets the energy it needs to thrive and reproduce by using sunlight to convert chlorophyll, carbon dioxide and water into sugar (giving off oxygen as a by-product). Ever since this light-driven mechanism was first elucidated,...
Photonics Spectra, August 2009