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Inside Cover: Photocatalytic Water Oxidation by a Mixed‐Valent Mn III 3 Mn IV O 3 Manganese Oxo Core that Mimics the Natural Oxygen‐Evolving Center (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42/2014)
Author(s) -
AlOweini Rami,
Sartorel Andrea,
Bassil Bassem S.,
Natali Mirco,
Berardi Serena,
Scandola Franco,
Kortz Ulrich,
Bonchio Marcella
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201407961
Subject(s) - manganese , photosystem ii , photosynthesis , cover (algebra) , oxygen , oxygen evolution , chemistry , photocatalysis , center (category theory) , cyanobacteria , algae , catalysis , inorganic chemistry , materials science , crystallography , bacteria , botany , electrochemistry , biology , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , genetics , electrode
The engine of aerobic life on earth is a tetramanganese oxo cluster at the very heart of Photosystem II (PS II) in green plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria. In their Communication on page 11182 ff., F. Scandola, U. Kortz, M. Bonchio et al. have identified a unique hybrid set of ligands to provide the first functional analogue of the PS II oxygen‐evolving center that works in an artificial environment (Cover picture: Rami Al‐Oweini).