单词 | light-harvesting |
释义 | > as lemmaslight-harvesting light-harvesting adj. and n. (a) adj. that absorbs light and uses it as an energy source for biochemical or physico-chemical reactions, esp. in photosynthesis; of, relating to or involved in such a process; (b) n. the process of absorbing light and using it in this way. ΚΠ 1963 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 50 586 P870 and light-reacting Cyt are present, in chromatophores, at equal concentrations, and both survive treatments that destroy all of the light-harvesting BChl [= bacteriochlorophyll]. 1982 M. J. Dring Biol. Marine Plants iii. 49 The light-harvesting complexes of red and blue-green algae consist entirely of phycobilin-protein complexes. 1992 Discover Feb. 20/3 They're not practical for large-scale light-harvesting. 2015 Nature 15 Oct. 296/1 Light-harvesting ‘sensitizers’ in solar cells are typically made of rare elements. 2021 J. E. Duffy Ocean Ecol. v. 119/1 The diverse algal lineages that make up the assemblages also differ in the biochemistry and cellular apparatus of light harvesting. < as lemmas |
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