Applications of X-ray absorption spectroscopy to biologically relevant metal-based chemistry

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Best, Stephen P ^a   Cheah, Mun Hon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electrocatalysis; EXAFS; Hydrogenase; Metal carbonyls; Nitrogenase; Nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy; X ray absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EXAFS; HYDROGENASE; METAL CARBONYLS; NITROGENASE; NUCLEAR RESONANCE VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMIMETICS; CARBONYLATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; RESONANCE; TRANSITION METALS; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETERS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; IRON HYDROGENASE; METAL; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; NITROGENASE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 70350754087     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.03.072     Document Type: Article

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