Artificial leafs

Silk Leaf is made of a biological material mostly composed by silk protein and chloroplasts. Silk Leaf absorbs CO2 and produces oxygen and organic compounds thanks to the photosynthetic ability of the stabilized chloroplasts inside silk protein. Any visible light and water is needed to enable the reaction.
Having the necessity to provide water to the chloroplasts to enable the photosynthesis, another embedded technology to deliver water to the chloroplasts has been introduced, inspired to how natural leafs work.
The water could also remove chemical residues and sugars through osmosis, introducing the idea to collect it for energy generation.
The level of oxygen generation could be optimized depending on many factors, from the material composition to the quantity and efficiency of chloroplasts into silk.
Artificial Leafs could be used in many applications were the level of CO2 are high or Oxygen is needed : inside ventilation systems, free form surface for interiors, together with the lighting, space exploration ...



Nobody knows what future holds ... Global carbon emission and urbanization are growing exponentially, however scientists are bringing the efficiency of nature into the man-made.

created by Julian Melchiorri