Water helps assembly of biofibers that could capture sunlight
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 18:52
in Physics & Chemistry
Water can serve a previously undiscovered role to help micelles coalesce to spontaneously form long fibers, new research shows. This 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.