Quantum Interactions: Tale of Colors in Fruits and Vegetables
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The vivid colors of fruits and vegetables arise from quantum interactions or effects in pigment molecules. Conjugated π-electron systems in pigments like beta-carotene and chlorophyll absorb specific wavelengths of visible light via electronic transitions. Moreover, using the particle-in-a-box model, we can estimate these transitions and link them to observed colors. Hence, this results from unabsorbed, complementary wavelengths.
Authors: Dr K M Udayanandan, Dr Arvind Gopal Kulkarni
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949651008
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