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Biophysics: Quantum path to photosynthesis
Roseanne J. Sension1
Abstract
Knowing how plants and bacteria harvest light for photosynthesis so efficiently could provide a clean solution to mankind's energy requirements. The secret, it seems, may be the coherent application of quantum principles.
The Sun bombards Earth with a steady stream of energy — about 1017 joules per second, on average1. If we could convert this energy efficiently to a chemically useful form, our reliance on fossil fuels and nuclear power — and so our production of climate-change agents and hazardous waste materials — could be substantially reduced.
- Roseanne J. Sension is in the FOCUS Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA.
Email: rsension@umich.edu
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