August 9, 2013

Freiburg Physicists show why quantum transport can be close to optimal even in disordered molecular structures



Geometric properties that enable waves to overlap and reinforce each other even in disordered molecular structures: A team led by the theoretical physicist Dr. Florian Mintert and the biophysicist Dr. Francesco Rao, junior fellows of the School of Soft Matter Research at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) of the University of Freiburg, is investigating the conditions and laws of quantum transport in a current study. In light of an impending global energy crisis, the use of renewable energies like solar energy holds great promise for sustainable development. For millions of years, plants have used solar energy in the process of photosynthesis, converting lower-energy substances into high-energy substances with the help of light energy.