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Cover Picture: Photoelectron Generation by Photosystem II Core Complexes Tethered to Gold Surfaces (ChemSusChem 4/2010)
Author(s) -
Vittadello Michele,
Gorbunov Maxim Y.,
Mastrogiovanni Daniel T.,
Wielunski Leszek S.,
Garfunkel Eric L.,
Guerrero Fernando,
Kirilovsky Diana,
Sugiura Miwa,
Rutherford A. William,
Safari Ahmad,
Falkowski Paul G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201090013
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , photosystem ii , nanotechnology , core (optical fiber) , photochemistry , materials science , chemistry , polymer science , photosynthesis , engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , biochemistry
The cover picture represents a tree of the future, as described by Giacomo Ciamician in the first half of the 20th century when he wrote about “industrial colonies without smoke and without smokestacks” and “forests of glass tubes…and glass buildings…everywhere” inside of which “the photochemical processes that hitherto” had “been the guarded secret of plants” could take place. In their work on page 471, Michele Vittadello and co‐workers describe how photosystem II core complexes tethered to a gold surface may serve as efficient biomimetic photoelectron devices, bringing the realization of Ciamician's vision one step closer to reality. The cover image was prepared in collaboration with Nivi Alroy.