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Quantum physics meets genetic engineering

posted October 14, 2015 at 4:00 pm

Rendering of a virus used in the MIT experiments. The light-collecting centers, called chromophores, are in red, and chromophores that just absorbed a photon of light are glowing white. After the virus is modified to adjust the spacing between the chromophores, energy can jump from one set of chromophores to the next faster and more efficiently. Courtesy of the researchers and Lauren Aleza Kaye

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Quantum physics meets genetic engineering (MIT News)

Enhanced energy transport in genetically engineered excitonic networks (Nature Materials)

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