Hollandite as a functional and structural model for the biological water oxidizing complex: Manganese-calcium oxide minerals as a possible evolutionary origin for the CaMn 4 cluster of the biological water oxidizing complex

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 714-718

  Najafpour, Mohammad Mahdi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hausmannite; Hollandite; Oxygen evolution; Photosystem II; Water oxidizing complex

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYST; CERIUM; COBALT; MANGANESE OXIDE; MODELING; OXYGEN;

EID: 80053507235     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2010.515188     Document Type: Article

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