| 摘要 |
An improved method for the design and development of high performance hybrid devices having biologically-derived and nonbiological components and the hybrid devices so-designed and developed. A desired transfer function is determined for the biologically-derived component or components. The organism from which the biologically-derived component is derived is subjected to various environmental variables as it is grown. Organisms providing biologically-derived components having the desired transfer function are identified. The biologically-derived component is thereafter developed from organisms force adapted to cause the biologically-derived component transfer function to reach a goal or an acceptable measure. The biological component is used in hybrid constructs that may be nanostructures, given the small size of the biological parts. In one specific embodiment, force-adapted chlorosomes of Chloroflexus aurantiacus (C. aurantiacus) enhance performance of a silicon photovoltaic cell. The bacteria, C. aurantiacus, strain J-10-fl, has the A.T.C.C. designation number 29366, having been deposited in July, 1976.
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