Water Helps Assembly of Biofibers That Could Capture Sunlight
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 10:41
in Physics & Chemistry
A new study from Argonne National Laboratory has shown water can serve a previously undiscovered role to help micelles coalesce to spontaneously form long fibers. The study could help scientists to understand how light-harvesting molecules are incorporated into the micelle fiber as it assembles, which would be a key step to understanding some forms of artificial photosynthesis.