Photosynthesis: Gathering Sunshine with the World’s Smallest Antennas

Research on photosynthetic antenna complexes illuminates how they harvest light in plants, algae and bacteria. This work, posted as a featured articleon the Office of Science’s website, was supported in part by the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC) EFRC led by Robert Blankenship at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Infrared laser light (red beam) illuminates the surface of ZrSiSe and mixes with electron oscillations enabled by an atomic force microscope (silver cone), propagating light as ray-like structures that guide the light through the interior (blue zig-zag).

What If Metals Could Conduct Light?

In the unusual world of quantum materials, metals can guide light in their interiors instead of merely reflecting it.

Advanced Computing Brings Autonomous Investigations to Nanostructured Surfaces

Machine learning and artificial intelligence accelerate nanomaterials investigations.