Contact: Lynn Yarris
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DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Caption: Sunlight absorbed by bacteriochlorophyll (green) within the FMO protein (gray) generates a wavelike motion of excitation energy whose quantum mechanical properties can be mapped through the use of two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy.
Credit: Image courtesy of Greg Engel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physical Biosciences Division
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