Physical Biology of the Materials-Microorganism Interface
| Autor: | Sakimoto, Kelsey K, Kornienko, Nikolay, Cestellos-Blanco, Stefano, Lim, Jongwoo, Liu, Chong, Yang, Peidong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Photosensitizing Agents
Light Polymers Water Biocompatible Materials Equipment Design Electrochemical Techniques General Chemistry Electron Transport Semiconductors Affordable and Clean Energy Inorganic Chemicals Cytoprotection Chemical Sciences Solar Energy Biocatalysis Reactive Oxygen Species Electrodes |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol 140, iss 6 |
| Popis: | Future solar-to-chemical production will rely upon a deep understanding of the material-microorganism interface. Hybrid technologies, which combine inorganic semiconductor light harvesters with biological catalysis to transform light, air, and water into chemicals, already demonstrate a wide product scope and energy efficiencies surpassing that of natural photosynthesis. But optimization to economic competitiveness and fundamental curiosity beg for answers to two basic questions: (1) how do materials transfer energy and charge to microorganisms, and (2) how do we design for bio- and chemocompatibility between these seemingly unnatural partners? This Perspective highlights the state-of-the-art and outlines future research paths to inform the cadre of spectroscopists, electrochemists, bioinorganic chemists, material scientists, and biologists who will ultimately solve these mysteries. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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