Chiral perovskites for next‐generation photonics: from chirality transfer to chiroptical activity

S Ma, J Ahn, J Moon - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic–inorganic hybrid halide perovskites (OIHPs) are commonly used as prototypical
materials for various applications, including photovoltaics, photodetectors, and light‐emitting …

The spectroscopy of nitrogenases

C Van Stappen, L Decamps, GE Cutsail III… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenases are responsible for biological nitrogen fixation, a crucial step in the
biogeochemical nitrogen cycle. These enzymes utilize a two-component protein system and …

Reactivity, mechanism, and assembly of the alternative nitrogenases

AJ Jasniewski, CC Lee, MW Ribbe, Y Hu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biological nitrogen fixation is catalyzed by the enzyme nitrogenase, which facilitates the
cleavage of the relatively inert triple bond of N2. Nitrogenase is most commonly associated …

Challenges and opportunities for applications of advanced X-ray spectroscopy in catalysis research

GE Cutsail III, S DeBeer - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
X-ray spectroscopy has had a significant and continually growing impact on catalysis
research for nearly 50 years. In particular, the ability to obtain element selective electronic …

Dinitrogen binding and activation at a molybdenum–iron–sulfur cluster

A McSkimming, DLM Suess - Nature Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
The Fe–S clusters of nitrogenases carry out the life-sustaining conversion of N2 to NH3.
Although progress continues to be made in modelling the structural features of nitrogenase …

Analysis of the geometric and electronic structure of spin-coupled iron–sulfur dimers with broken-symmetry DFT: implications for FeMoco

B Benediktsson, R Bjornsson - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The open-shell electronic structure of iron–sulfur clusters presents considerable challenges
to quantum chemistry, with the complex iron–molybdenum cofactor (FeMoco) of nitrogenase …

[HTML][HTML] Unusual structures and unknown roles of FeS clusters in metalloenzymes seen from a resonance Raman spectroscopic perspective

G Caserta, L Zuccarello, C Barbosa, CM Silveira… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The universe of known biological FeS clusters is constantly enlarging. Besides the
conventional, well described [2Fe–2S],[3Fe–4S] and cubane [4Fe–4S] clusters, novel …

Direct Probe of Conical Intersection Photochemistry by Time-Resolved X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism

S Sun, B Gu, H Hu, L Lu, D Tang… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The direct probing of photochemical dynamics by detecting the electronic coherence
generated during passage through conical intersections is an intriguing challenge. The …

Localized electronic structure of nitrogenase FeMoco revealed by selenium K-edge high resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy

JT Henthorn, RJ Arias, S Koroidov, T Kroll… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The size and complexity of Mo-dependent nitrogenase, a multicomponent enzyme capable
of reducing dinitrogen to ammonia, have made a detailed understanding of the FeMo …

Three-coordinate nickel and metal–metal interactions in a heterometallic iron–sulfur cluster

DWN Wilson, MS Fataftah, Z Mathe… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biological multielectron reactions often are performed by metalloenzymes with
heterometallic sites, such as anaerobic carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH), which …