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Photosynthesis : from plants to nanomaterials /

"Photosynthesis: From Plants to Nanomaterials in the Nanomaterial-Plant Interactions series, summarizes both the foundational mechanisms and latest advances in photosynthesis. With a strong emphasis on artificial photosynthesis, the book also analyzes the role of nanomaterials in energy product...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2023]
Series:Nanomaterial-plant interactions.
Subjects:
Photosynthesis.
Photosynthèse.
Photosynthesis
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Biographies
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • A
  • Recent updates on photosynthesis
  • 1
  • Overview of recent advances in photosynthesis and nanotechnology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Nanomaterials via artificial photosynthesis
  • 3. Nanomaterials in plant growth and crop production
  • 4. Nanotechnology in water splitting and hydrogen production
  • 5. Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 2
  • Long-wavelength phycobiliproteins
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Photoacclimation in cyanobacteria
  • 2.1 Far-red light photoacclimation
  • 2.2 Low-light photoacclimation
  • 3. Factors contributing to the long-wavelength absorbance of phycobiliproteins
  • 3.1 Oligomerization and long-wavelength absorbance
  • 3.2 Chromophore planarity
  • 3.3 Other factors influencing absorption in bilin-binding proteins
  • 4. Biotechnological applications for long-wavelength phycobiliproteins
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 3
  • Core chromophores of native photosynthetic pigments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Structures of core macrocycles
  • 3. Synthesis of core macrocycles
  • 3.1 Porphine
  • 3.2 Hydrodipyrrin precursors to hydroporphyrins
  • 3.3 Synthesis of a chlorin
  • 3.4 Synthesis of a bacteriochlorin
  • 3.5 Comparison of the syntheses of core macrocycles
  • 4. Spectral comparisons
  • 5. Availability of spectra
  • 6. Perspective
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 4
  • Structural and functional studies of a eukaryotic type Ser/Thr kinase, Slr0599, of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 u ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Materials and methods
  • 2.1 Generation of the slr0599 knockout mutant strain and site-directed mutagenesis in plasmids
  • 2.2 Cyanobacterial culture
  • 2.3 Physiological characterization
  • 2.4 Low temperature 77K fluorescence spectroscopy.
  • 2.5 Oxygen evolution under different culture conditions
  • 2.6 Mass spectrometry
  • 2.7 Molecular modeling of Slr0599 of Synechocystis
  • 2.8 Molecular dynamics simulations of Synechocystis Slr0599 using the Amber package
  • 2.9 Protein sequence alignments
  • 2.10 Structural comparison and motif study of Synechocystis Slr0599 using the TSR-based method
  • 3. Results and discussions
  • 3.1 Disruption of the ORF slr0599 in Synechocystis
  • 3.2 slr0599KO has a modest growth defect under photoautotrophic and high-salt conditions
  • 3.3 Building and studies of theoretical structures of Slr0599
  • 4. Conclusions and future work
  • Acknowledgment
  • References
  • 5
  • The A-1 pigment in photosystem I contributes to (P700+-P700) FTIR difference spectra
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Materials and methods
  • 3. Results
  • 4. Discussion
  • 4.1 (P700+-P700) FTIR DS for WT PSI
  • 4.2 (P700+-P700) FTIR DS for NA601K and NA601D mutants
  • 4.3 (P700+-P700) FTIR DS for NB587K and NB587D mutants
  • 5. Summary of band assignments
  • 6. Conclusions
  • References
  • 6
  • Light responses in cyanobacteria
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Photoresponse of the cyanobacteria photosystem
  • 2.1 Rapid protein degradation and replacement in PSII
  • 2.2 Nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) in PSI
  • 2.3 Chlorophyll a biosynthesis regulation
  • 2.4 Phycobilisomes photoresponse
  • 3. Light protection mechanism
  • 3.1 State transition
  • 3.2 OCP-dependent NPQ
  • 4. Regulation of gene expression
  • 4.1 Two-component systems
  • 4.2 The role of small RNA
  • 5. Prospects
  • References
  • B
  • Recent updates on applied photosynthesis
  • 7
  • Use of nanoparticles in improving photosynthesis in crop plants under stress
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Abiotic stresses on plants
  • 3. Types of nanomaterials used
  • 4. Uptake, translocation, and accumulation of nanoparticles (NPs) into the plants.
  • 4.1 Mechanisms of nanoparticle uptake by plants
  • 4.2 Mechanism of nanoparticle translocation in plants
  • 5. Mechanisms of nanoparticle and plant interaction
  • 5.1 Effects of nanoparticles on plants
  • 5.2 Seed germination
  • 5.3 Positive impact of nanoparticles on plant growth and yield
  • 5.4 Positive effects of nanoparticles on photosynthesis
  • 5.5 Crop improvements through chloroplast nanobiotechnology
  • 6. Role of nanoparticles in plant stress tolerance
  • 6.1 Molecular mechanism of nanoparticles to mitigate environmental stresses
  • 7. Nanomaterials for genetic engineering
  • References
  • 8
  • Effectiveness of titanium treatment on photosynthesis and production in crop plants under stress conditions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Photosynthesis, a stress-sensitive trait in plants
  • 3. Titanium and the regulation of chlorophyll content
  • 4. Titanium- and ROS-mediated photosynthetic responses
  • 5. Relationship between photosynthesis and Ti application
  • 6. Titanium effects on micro and macro-nutrient utilization and photosynthesis
  • 7. Titanium and phytohormone integration: key role in root and photosynthesis regulation
  • 8. Effects of Ti application on phytohormones in plants
  • 9. Safety of Ti treatment in plants
  • 10. Conclusions and future prospects
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 9
  • Engineered nanoparticles enhance photosynthesis processes
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Interactions between nanomaterials and photosynthetic organisms
  • 2.1 Effects of nanoparticles on photosynthesis
  • 3. Nano-enabled light harvesting and application include converting near-infrared and ultraviolet energy to visible light and ...
  • 4. Nanostructures and the environment
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • 10
  • Main-group porphyrins in artificial photosynthesis
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Structural features of main-group porphyrins.
  • 3. Photoinduced processes
  • 3.1 Energy transfer
  • 3.2 Electron transfer
  • 4. Light harvesting antenna systems
  • 5. Reaction center mimics
  • 5.1 Molecular dyads and triads as reaction center mimics
  • 5.2 TiO2 nanoparticle integrated reaction center mimics
  • 5.3 Antenna integrated reaction center mimics
  • 6. Water oxidation systems
  • 7. Proton reduction systems
  • 8. Conclusions and outlook
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 11
  • Chlorophylls as primary electron acceptors in reaction centers: a blueprint for highly efficient charge separa ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Geometric structure of the primary acceptors of Type I reaction centers
  • 2.1 Photosystem I
  • 2.2 Green sulfur bacterial reaction center (GsbRC)
  • 2.3 Heliobacterial reaction center (HbRC)
  • 2.4 Geometric structure of the primary acceptors of Type II reaction centers
  • 2.5 Bacterial reaction centers
  • 2.6 Photosystem II
  • 2.7 Electronic properties of the reduced primary acceptors
  • 2.8 Electronic structure of A0- in Type I reaction centers
  • 2.9 Design principles of Type I reaction centers
  • 3. Electronic structure of A0- in Type II reaction centers
  • 4. Common design principles of Type II reaction centers
  • 5. Comparison of primary acceptors of Type I and Type II reaction centers
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 12
  • The structural diversity of bacterial reaction center-light harvesting 1 complexes and their role in developin ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. High-resolution structures reveal detailed molecular architecture of RC-LH1 complexes
  • 2.1 Closed RC-LH1 elliptical ring structures
  • 2.1.1 Thermochromatium tepidum
  • 2.1.2 Thiorhodovibrio strain 970
  • 2.1.3 Rhodospirillum rubrum
  • 2.1.4 Blastochloris viridis
  • 2.2 Open RC-LH1 elliptical ring structures
  • 2.2.1 Rhodobacter sphaeroides
  • 2.2.2 Rhodobacter veldkampli
  • 2.2.3 Rhodopseudomonas palustris.
  • 2.2.4 Roseiflexus castenholzii
  • 3. Contributions of the RC-LH1 complex in biohybrid photoelectrochemical cell development
  • References
  • 13
  • Energy harvesting, charge, and mass transport considerations for reaction center-nanomaterial composites
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Reaction centers and chromatophores
  • 3. Correlating reaction center kinetics to measurable electrode parameters
  • 3.1 Chromatophore electrode geometry
  • 3.2 Purified reaction center electrode geometry
  • 4. Artificial systems
  • 4.1 Antenna theory history-pigments, nanoparticles, and junctions
  • 4.1.1 Macro scale and dipoles
  • 4.1.2 Control of material properties
  • 4.2 Reaction center composite electrodes
  • 4.2.1 Advantages and disadvantages of natural and artificial photosynthetic systems
  • 4.2.2 2D functionalized reaction center composite electrodes
  • 4.2.3 3D porous reaction center composite electrodes
  • 4.3.1 Photosynthetic power devices
  • 5. Future electrode design
  • References
  • 14
  • Surface plasmon resonance enhanced artificial photosynthesis of chemical fuels for energy storage
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. LSPR enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting
  • 3. LSPR enhanced photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction
  • 4. LSPR enhanced Raman spectroscopy for understanding CO2 reduction mechanism
  • 5. Advanced electrochemistry analysis of LSPR-enabled photocatalytic systems
  • 6. Challenges and perspective
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • C Photosynthesis and nanoparticles
  • 15
  • Semiconductor nanomaterials in mimicking photosynthesis
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Solar energy harnessed in photosynthesis
  • 3. Semiconductors in mimic photosynthesis
  • 4. Synthetic photosynthetic manganese model
  • 4.1 Chemistry of oxomanganese dimer complex
  • 4.2 Action mechanism of oxomanganese dimer complex
  • 4.3 Stability of oxomanganese dimer complex.