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Title: Design and engineering of water-soluble light-harvesting protein maquettes

Journal Article · · Chemical Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SC02417C· OSTI ID:1388777
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  1. The Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; USA
  2. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute; University of Wollongong; Australia
  3. N Carolina State University; Department of Chemistry; Raleigh; USA
  4. University of Otago; Department of Chemistry; Dunedin 9016; New Zealand

Design of nanometer scale artificial light harvesting and charge separating proteins enables reengineering to overcome the limitations of natural selection for efficient systems that better meet human energetic needs.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0001035
OSTI ID:
1388777
Journal Information:
Chemical Science, Vol. 8, Issue 1; Related Information: PARC partners with Washington University in St. Louis (lead); University of California, Riverside; University of Glasgow, UK; Los Alamos National Laboratory; University of New Mexico; New Mexico Corsortium; North Carolina State University; Northwestern University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania; Sandia National Laboratories; University of Sheffield, UK; ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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