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January 26, 2015

The path to artificial photosynthesis
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2015
Through their work, Professor Emad Aziz, head of the HZB Institute "Methods for Material Development", Professor Leone Spiccia from Monash University and their teams have taken an important leap forward in understanding photosynthesis - the method green plants use to obtain energy - in artificial systems. These findings of the team have been published in the journal ChemSUSChem (DOI: DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201403219) and recently in the renowned Royal Society of Chemistry's Journal of Materials Chemist ... read more

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