Structure‐based optics of centric diatom frustules: modulation of the in vivo light field for efficient diatom photosynthesis

What is it about?

Single cell microalgae called diatoms are among the most photosynthetically productive organisms on Earth. We could show for the first time that light-matter interactions of photonic crystal structures in the silicate cell wall of the centric diatom Coscinodiscus granii can facilitate efficient photosynthesis.

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