Researchers at the University of Gothenburg and the Chalmers University of Technology have used a special X-ray camera at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble to photograph the dynamics of photosynthesis. The X-ray image shows how a protein, central to the conversion of chemical energy during photosynthesis, temporarily stores the light energy immediately before a chemical bond forms.
In time, it is hoped to imitate the sophisticated energy conversion of photosynthesis in the production of solar panels of the future.
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A. B. Wohri, G. Katona, L. C. Johansson, E. Fritz, E. Malmerberg, M. Andersson, J. Vincent, M. Eklund, M. Cammarata, M. Wulff, J. Davidsson, G. Groenhof, R. Neutze. Light-Induced Structural Changes in a Photosynthetic Reaction Center Caught by Laue Diffraction. Science, 2010; 328 (5978): 630 DOI: 10.1126/science.1186159
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