Some knowledge about the mechanism of ‘assimilation’ may probably be gleaned from a detailed picture of the atomic processes involved in the absorption of light in dissolved chlorophyll.
Woodward, R. B., Ayer, W. A., Beaton, J. M., Bickelhaupt, F., Bonnett, R., Buchschacher, P., Closs, G. L., Dutler, H., Hannah, J., Hauck, F. P., Ito, S., Langeman, A ...
This food-making process takes place in the leaf in numerous cells containing chlorophyll, which gives the leaf its green color. This extraordinary chemical absorbs from sunlight the energy that is ...