Self-Regulating Photoprotection
18 June 2008, 10:11
Categories: molecular-machines--devices biomimicry
Arizona State University chemists have demonstrated a nanotech version of molecular self-regulation. The ASU researchers have designed a molecule that mimics the way in which plants defend themselves from an overload of sunshine, by draining away the excess light energy as heat so that it can not generate destructive high energy intermediates. The nanotech molecule is composed of five components, one of which responds to light by reversibly changing shape.
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