Focusing the view on nature's water-splitting catalyst

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1494, 2008, Pages 1167-1177

  Zein, Samir ^a,b   Kulik, Leonid V ^c   Yano, Junko ^d   Kern, Jan ^e   Pushkar, Yulia ^d   Zouni, Athina ^e   Yachandra, Vittal K ^d   Lubitz, Wolfgang ^a   Neese, Frank ^b   Messinger, Johannes ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; EPR ENDOR; EXAFS; Manganese cluster; Oxygen evolution; Photosystem II

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATALYST; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 38949118007     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2212     Document Type: Article

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