
Integrating Approach to Photofunctional Hybrid Materials for Energy & the Environment
[BOOK DESCRIPTION]
This book presents current research in the study of photofunctional hybrid materials having potential applications for current issues relating to energy and the environment. Topics discussed include: biomass energy, waste management, structural biology of protein for energy-conversion (photosynthesis), nano-biophysics (microorganisms), and organic/inorganic hybrid materials of metal oxide and porphyrin. In addition, developing ideas or examples as components for hybrid functional materials aiming at such applications are also included: metal oxide photocatalysts and bioinorganic amio-acid complexes, multi-component (photoinduced electron-transfer and photochromism) organic/inorganic hybrid materials, phototunable fluorescence hybrid systems for sensing, and metal complexes exhibiting long-life emission.
[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
-Preface;
-Biomass Energy Resources Utilisation and Waste Management;
-Structure-function Relationships of Ferredoxin-dependent Bilin Reductases;
-Nanostructures of Microorganisms Make an Impact on Nanotechnology;
-Metal Oxide Coating on Porphyrin Derivative Assemblies.