2021
Charge Stabilization in Axially Linked Donor – Aluminum(III) Porphyrin – Fullerene Reaction Center Models
Zarrabi N, Seetharaman S, Chaudhuri S, Holzer N, Batista V, van der Est A, D'Souza F, Poddutoori P. Charge Stabilization in Axially Linked Donor – Aluminum(III) Porphyrin – Fullerene Reaction Center Models. ECS Meeting Abstracts 2021, MA2021-01: 781-781. DOI: 10.1149/ma2021-0116781mtgabs.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharge-separated stateFinal charge-separated stateReaction center modelsRedox potentialRadical pairSequential electron transferSubstitution of phenylCoordination bondsMeso positionsPentafluorophenyl groupsDonor unitsElectron transferCharge stabilizationPorphyrin planeTriad resultsC60Ground stateTrifluorophenylCovalentPorphyrinsRedoxPhenylBondsAcceptorDonors
2015
Computational Insights on Crystal Structures of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II with Either Ca2+ or Ca2+ Substituted by Sr2+
Vogt L, Ertem MZ, Pal R, Brudvig GW, Batista VS. Computational Insights on Crystal Structures of the Oxygen-Evolving Complex of Photosystem II with Either Ca2+ or Ca2+ Substituted by Sr2+. Biochemistry 2015, 54: 820-825. PMID: 25555204, DOI: 10.1021/bi5011706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsX-ray crystal structureCrystal structureQuantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculationsQM/MM modelOxygen-Evolving ComplexMolecular mechanics calculationsPhotosystem IIWater oxidationMechanics calculationsComputational insightsReduced statesHeterocationsMM modelSubstitution resultsComplexesS statesStructureCationsBondsOxidationSr2Experimental dataW5WaterCalculations