How Does Chlorophyll Capture Light Energy?
Dual Nature of Light This essay, at the Nobel Foundation e-museum, describes the wave-particle nature of light which is essential for the harvesting of energy by photosynthetic pigments. The article also contains an excellent short history of research on light energy. Keywords: light energy, photosynthesis, photosynthetic pigments, chlorophyll Light Reactions This site, at MIT, describes in detail the biochemistry of the light reactions in photosynthesis, from the absorption of a photon to the production of ATP. Links within the page lead to descriptions of the photosynthetic apparatus and the other important pathways.