The team set up a two - dimensional electron system known as a quantum well. (sciencedaily.com)
But nobody has succeeded in making artificial multiple electron systems that could provide the necessary energy for artificial photosynthesis. (treehugger.com)
But as Jan Zaanen of Leiden University, The Netherlands, notes in an accompanying commentary, «studies like these are revealing amazing diversity in the behavior of these mystery electron systems at the nanoscale.» (scientificamerican.com)