Chapter 9
Photosynthesis
![What is Photosynthesis?](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10748.jpg)
Photosynthesis is a multipart, biochemical process that occurs in plants as well as in some bacteria. It captures carbon dioxide and solar energy to…
![Light as Energy](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10749.jpg)
The energy required to carry out photosynthesis is light— typically electromagnetic radiation from the sun. The range of all possible…
![Photosystem II](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10751.jpg)
The multi-protein complex photosystem II (PS II) harvests photons and transfers their energy through its bound pigments to its reaction center, and…
![Photosystem I](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10752.jpg)
Although structurally similar to photosystem II (PSII), photosystem I (PSI) is has a different electron supplier and electron acceptor.
Both these…
![Water in Oil Emulsions: A New System for Assembling Water-soluble Chlorophyll-binding Proteins with Hydrophobic Pigments](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/53410_t.png)
Chlorophylls (Chls) and bacteriochlorophylls (BChls) are the primary cofactors that carry out photosynthetic light harvesting and electron transport.…
![Printing Fabrication of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells and <em>In Situ</em> Morphology Characterization](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/53710_t.png)
Polymer-based materials hold promise as low-cost, flexible efficient photovoltaic devices. Most laboratory efforts to achieve high performance…