Michaelangelica Posted February 12, 2010 Report Posted February 12, 2010 "We'd like to adopt an entirely different concept, to mimic photosynthesis by copying the elaborate architectures of green leaves," Fan says. Fan and his colleagues used several types of leaves as a template, including the grape-leaved anemone (Anemone vitifolia). First, they treated the leaves with dilute hydrochloric acid, allowing them to replace magnesium atoms - which form a crucial part of plants' photosynthetic machinery - with titanium (see illustration).Artificial leaf could make green hydrogen - tech - 10 January 2010 - New Scientist Quote
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