title: Learning from photosynthesis: how to use solar energy to make fuels.
abstract: This short review describes how the basic reactions of photosynthesis can be broken down into four distinct steps. The current understanding of the molecular mechanisms of these steps, within light-harvesting complexes and reaction centres, in this process is discussed as a framework for the construction of artificial systems capable of using solar energy to make fuels.
authors: Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK.
authors: Richard J
authors: RJ
authors: Cogdell
authors: Alastair T
authors: AT
authors: Gardiner
authors: Leroy
authors: L
authors: Cronin
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D004735:Energy Transfer / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012993:Solar Energy
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels