On the basis of its generally accessible I/II redox couple and bioavailability, copper plays a
wide variety of roles in nature that mostly involve electron transfer (ET), O 2 binding …

Continual advancements in the development of synchrotron radiation sources have resulted
in X-ray based spectroscopic techniques capable of probing the electronic and structural …

This review provides a detailed account of density functional theory (DFT) and its application
to the calculation of molecular properties of inorganic compounds. After introducing some …

Recent investigations have shed much light on the nuclear and electronic factors that control
the rates of long-range electron tunneling through molecules in aqueous and organic …

Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) is an integral membrane metalloenzyme that
catalyses the conversion of methane to methanol. Knowledge of how pMMO performs this …

1. History 3422. Activation barriers 3432.1 Redox potentials 3442.2 Reorganization energy
3443. Electronic coupling 3454. Ru-modified proteins 3484.1 Reorganization energy …

Natural carbohydrate polymers such as starch, cellulose, and chitin provide renewable
alternatives to fossil fuels as a source for fuels and materials. As such, there is considerable …

As an alternative to photosynthesis or aerobic respiration, many microbial species can
respire anaerobically to gain energy for cell growth. 1-4 A variety of bacteria employ a …

Cytochrome c oxidases, or more generally hemecopper oxidases (see section 2), have for a
considerable time attracted the interest of modeling chemists. This is due to the importance …

N 2 O is a potent greenhouse gas and stratospheric reactant that has been steadily on the
rise since the beginning of industrialization. It is an obligatory inorganic metabolite of …