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From his earlier blog post: “The chain allows the atom to absorb photons and send electrons into excited states where they're delocalized — spread over the whol
by dr_dshiv 5y ago
From his earlier blog post: “The chain allows the atom to absorb photons and send electrons into excited states where they're delocalized — spread over the whole chain. The longer the chain, the lower energy these excited states have, so the redder the molecule is. The β-carotene in carrots is orange while lycopene, being longer, is red.”
Does that mean you can tune the EMF resonance based on the length of the chain? How low can you go?
- xyzzy21 5y agoUp to a point, yes. But there's a lower limit because photon energy depends on wavelength and you still need to activate a molecular resonance. This is related to IR being primarily vibrational resonances (like these) while longer wavelengths (RF/microwave) can only invoke rotational resonances which are far less energetic.