{"id":33422,"date":"2017-01-12T21:24:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T05:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/how-photosynthetic-pigments-harvest-light"},"modified":"2017-06-04T07:57:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T14:57:52","slug":"how-photosynthetic-pigments-harvest-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/how-photosynthetic-pigments-harvest-light","title":{"rendered":"How Photosynthetic Pigments Harvest Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-photosynthetic-pigments-harvest-light.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harvesting light.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Plants and other photosynthetic organisms use a wide variety of pigments to absorb different wavelengths of light. <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about MIT here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/mit\/\">MIT<\/a> <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about researchers here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/researchers\/\">researchers<\/a> have now developed a theoretical model to predict the spectrum of light absorbed by aggregates of these pigments, based on their structure.<\/p>\n<p>The new model could help guide <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about scientists here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/scientists\/\">scientists<\/a> in designing new types of <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about solar here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/solar\/\">solar<\/a> <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about cells here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/cells\/\">cells<\/a> made of <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about organic here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/organic\/\">organic<\/a> <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about materials here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/materials\/\">materials<\/a> that efficiently capture light and funnel the light-induced excitation, according to the <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about researchers here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/researchers\/\">researchers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding the sensitive interplay between the self-assembled pigment superstructure and its electronic, optical, and transport properties is highly desirable for the synthesis of new <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about materials here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/materials\/\">materials<\/a> and the design and operation of <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about organic here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/organic\/\">organic <\/a>-based devices,\u201d says Aurelia Chenu, an <a class=\"\" title=\"View all articles about MIT here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/tag\/mit\/\">MIT<\/a> postdoc and the lead author of the study, which appeared in <em>Physical Review Letters <\/em>on Jan. 3.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/how-photosynthetic-pigments-harvest-light\/\">http:\/\/www.scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com\/how-photosyn...est-light\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvesting light. Plants and other photosynthetic organisms use a wide variety of pigments to absorb different wavelengths of light. MIT researchers have now developed a theoretical model to predict the spectrum of light absorbed by aggregates of these pigments, based on their structure. 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