2013年10月13日星期日

Detailed 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The experiment into the information age


Now, chemists around the world every day on the computer to design and conduct experiments . This scene was made possible , it has benefited from three scientists : Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel in the 1970s began to work . They carefully examine the complex chemical processes each small step , but these details are usually difficult to detect visually .

A picture is worth a thousand words , but not all

In order to facilitate the general reader to understand the significance of this achievement , we are here to illustrate . Suppose now that you receive an experimental task : to create artificial photosynthesis. This occurred in the plant leaves into the magical chemistry let oxygen in the atmosphere is full , and this life on earth basis for survival . However, this perspective for environmental protection are equally important - if you can mimic photosynthesis mechanism , then we will be able to create a more efficient buy solar panels  When the water molecules are decomposed to produce oxygen will , but also can be used to produce the energy of hydrogen. Therefore, to carry out work in this area has great appeal and value. If you succeed, you will be able to help the world fight against the greenhouse effect.


First, you may need to go online to find proteins involved in photosynthesis dimensional fine structure , which in some large databases can be free. On your computer, you can freely be viewed from all angles . These huge protein molecules may contain hundreds of thousands of atoms. In which there is a very small area , called the reaction center . It is here that the water molecules are broken down .

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