Our planet is powered by sunlight and scientists have naturally drawn inspiration from photosynthesis in the design of energy conversion systems. Today the possibility exists that we can make an entirely new generation of light absorbing and emitting materials and that we can couple these with new optical metamaterials.  These new optical systems have the potential to use light for energy conversions in ways that go beyond what occurs in natural light harvesting systems, but they require an unprecedented degree of control over the compositions and pattern of matter on the nanoscale.<br/>

New opportunities for using light in energy conversion

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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