TY - GEN
T1 - Harnessing photosynthesis to produce a renewable source of fuel
AU - Sheats, John E.
AU - Lucuski, Paul
AU - Orr, Zachary
AU - Green, Thomas
AU - Bailey, Brandon
AU - Dismukes, G. Charles
AU - Robinson, David
AU - Sung, Calvin
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - A cubic cluster containing four manganese atoms, four oxygen atoms and a calcium atom located in the center of PS-II particles in the chloroplasts of the leaves of plants is the catalytic site for photosynthetic oxygen evolution. For the past 11 years we have studied models of this structure with the formula, Mn4O4(Ar2PO2)6 with the goal of harnessing this process for production of hydrogen and oxygen as a renewable source of fuel. Much of this research has been conducted by undergraduates and Project SEED students at Rider University in collaboration with the research group of Dr. G. Charles Dismukes at Princeton University. The results of these studies and the role of the undergraduate students and SEED students will be discussed.
AB - A cubic cluster containing four manganese atoms, four oxygen atoms and a calcium atom located in the center of PS-II particles in the chloroplasts of the leaves of plants is the catalytic site for photosynthetic oxygen evolution. For the past 11 years we have studied models of this structure with the formula, Mn4O4(Ar2PO2)6 with the goal of harnessing this process for production of hydrogen and oxygen as a renewable source of fuel. Much of this research has been conducted by undergraduates and Project SEED students at Rider University in collaboration with the research group of Dr. G. Charles Dismukes at Princeton University. The results of these studies and the role of the undergraduate students and SEED students will be discussed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649528613
SN - 9780841224414
T3 - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
BT - American Chemical Society - 237th National Meeting and Exposition, ACS 2009, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
T2 - 237th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009
Y2 - 22 March 2009 through 26 March 2009
ER -