Application of new spectroscopy method to capture reactions in photosynthesis
Monday, September 14, 2015 - 15:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A new spectroscopy method is bringing researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) closer to understanding - and artificially replicating - the solar water-splitting reaction at the heart of photosynthetic energy production. Understanding the step-by-step mechanism of photosynthesis could lead to methods of producing highly efficient solar energy. The new spectroscopy method, "2D HYSCORE," is able to capture the reactions that split water and hydrogen peroxide in metal-containing proteins or metallo-enzymes in nature.