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In episode 59 of MicrobeWorld Video, filmed at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting in Vancouver, BC Canada on February 17, 2012, Dr. Stan Maloy talks with Anne Jones, D. Phil., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis, Arizona State University, about why her research into harvesting excess light energy has promising potential as an energy alternative. Anne explains why photosynthesis is an...

Paul Burn Gives a talk at the ICAM 2007 conference about organic light-emitting diodes, other light-emitting materials, and deep blue phosphorescence.

Ken Ghiggino gives a talk at the ICAM 2007 conference about new synthetic materials that control light energy with electron transfer that mimicks photosynthesis.

Wendel Wohlleben gives a talk at the ICAM 2007 conference about the light harvesting dynamics at low and high energy regime and SRS enhancing Tannor-Rice-Control on Carotenoid.

Infrared can be divided into three separate categories – near, mid, and far, and even though we can’t see it, in some cases we can detect it. Many things, including people and planets, emit infrared. We also use it to transmit information via remote controls and video game consoles.

The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible wavelengths of energy, including the visible light that makes plants grow, and the infrared that your remote control uses to command your television. Wavelength decreases as frequency increases, so we can say that it is inversely proportional to both frequency and energy.

Electromagnetic radiation (ER) is a form of energy, and it acts like a wave as it moves at the speed of light--it’s how energy from the sun reaches Earth. ER is classified by frequency—how many times the wave oscillates in a given amount of time.

Sajeev John gives a talk at the LC2CAM conference about adaptability of PBG, 3D Micro-fabrication, uses of light localization, and engineering EM Vacuum.

Tahereh Mokhtari gives a talk at the LC2CAM conference about the application of shear to enhance aggregation and gelation and to yield hybrid superaggregates.

Satyendra Kumar gives a talk at the LC2CAM conference about living and manmade photonics systems and liquid crystals in organic photovoltaics.