Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of Tetranuclear Mn4O4 and CaMn3O4 Complexes as Models of the Oxygen Evolving Complex in Photosystem II
<p>This thesis describes a series of studies devoted toward the synthesis of model complexes that mimic aspects of structure, redox state, and spectroscopy of the oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of Photosystem II. The OEC is a unique metallocofactor featuring a heteronuclear CaMn<sub>4<...