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G. Charles Dismukes is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Energy and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment as well as Molecular Biology. They also contribute to subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Plant Science, and Catalysis.

Their main research topics include:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Ionic Liquids Properties and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Recent scholarly work by G. Charles Dismukes includes several publications across prominent scientific journals:

  • "Surface Hydrides on Fe2P Electrocatalyst Reduce CO2 at Low Overpotential: Steering Selectivity to Ethylene Glycol" (2021) published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "CO2 electro-reduction on Cu3P: Role of Cu(I) oxidation state and surface facet structure in C1-formate production and H2 selectivity" (2021) in Electrochimica Acta
  • "TiO2/TiN Interface Enables Integration of Ni5P4 Electrocatalyst with a III-V Tandem Photoabsorber for Stable Unassisted Solar-Driven Water Splitting" (2024) featured in ACS Energy Letters
  • "Why Did Nature Choose Manganese over Cobalt to Make Oxygen Photosynthetically on the Earth?" (2022) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Regulation of light energy conversion between linear and cyclic electron flow within photosystem II controlled by the plastoquinone/quinol redox poise" (2022) published in Photosynthesis Research

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Anders B. Laursen
  • Gennady Ananyev
  • Shinjae Hwang
  • Colin Gates
  • Eric Garfunkel

Publication venues where G. Charles Dismukes has contributed notably are:

  • Photosynthesis Research
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Energy Letters

Best Publications

  • Aquatic phototrophs: efficient alternatives to land-based crops for biofuels

    G Charles Dismukes;Damian Carrieri;Nicholas Bennette;Gennady M Ananyev

  • Intermediates of a polynuclear manganese center involved in photosynthetic oxidation of water

    G. Charles Dismukes;Yona Siderer

  • Photochemical Water Oxidation by Crystalline Polymorphs of Manganese Oxides: Structural Requirements for Catalysis

    David M. Robinson;Yong Bok Go;Michelle Mui;Graeme Gardner

  • Manganese Enzymes with Binuclear Active Sites

    G. Charles Dismukes

  • Development of bioinspired Mn4O4-Cubane water oxidation catalysts: Lessons from photosynthesis

    G Charles Dismukes;Robin Brimblecombe;Robin Brimblecombe;Greg A Felton;Ruslan S Pryadun

  • Synthetic Water-Oxidation Catalysts for Artificial Photosynthetic Water Oxidation.

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  • Solar Driven Water Oxidation by a Bioinspired Manganese Molecular Catalyst

    Robin Brimblecombe;Annette Koo;G. Charles Dismukes;Gerhard F. Swiegers

  • The origin of atmospheric oxygen on Earth: The innovation of oxygenic photosynthesis

    G. C. Dismukes;V. V. Klimov;S. V. Baranov;S. V. Baranov;Yu. N. Kozlov

  • Photosystem II: The Reaction Center of Oxygenic Photosynthesis*

    David J. Vinyard;Gennady M. Ananyev;G. Charles Dismukes

  • Increased Lipid Accumulation in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii sta7-10 Starchless Isoamylase Mutant and Increased Carbohydrate Synthesis in Complemented Strains

    Victoria H. Work;Randor Radakovits;Robert E. Jinkerson;Jonathan E. Meuser

  • Photosynthesis: a blueprint for solar energy capture and biohydrogen production technologies

    Olaf Kruse;Jens Rupprecht;Jan H. Mussgnug;G. Charles Dismukes

  • A Co4O4 “Cubane” Water Oxidation Catalyst Inspired by Photosynthesis

    Nicholas S. McCool;David M. Robinson;John E. Sheats;G. Charles Dismukes

  • Sustained water oxidation photocatalysis by a bioinspired manganese cluster.

    Robin Brimblecombe;Gerhard Frederick Swiegers;G Charles Dismukes;Leone Spiccia

  • Water Oxidation by λ-MnO2: Catalysis by the Cubical Mn4O4 Subcluster Obtained by Delithiation of Spinel LiMn2O4

    David M. Robinson;Yong Bok Go;Martha Greenblatt;G. Charles Dismukes

  • Binuclear Manganese(III) Complexes of Potential Biological Significance

    John E. Sheats;Roman S. Czernuszewicz;G. Charles Dismukes;Stephen J. Lippard

  • THE METAL CENTERS OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC OXYGEN‐EVOLVING COMPLEX *

    G. Charles Dismukes

  • Mixed Valence Interactions in Di-μ-oxo Bridged Manganese Complexes. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Magnetic Susceptibility Studies

    Stephen R. Cooper;G. Charles Dismukes;G. Charles Dismukes;Melvin P. Klein;Melvin Calvin

  • Orbital Configuration of the Valence Electrons, Ligand Field Symmetry, and Manganese Oxidation States of the Photosynthetic Water Oxidizing Complex: Analysis of the S2 State Multiline EPR Signals†

    Ming Zheng;G. Charles Dismukes

  • Climbing the Volcano of Electrocatalytic Activity while Avoiding Catalyst Corrosion: Ni3P, a Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst Stable in Both Acid and Alkali

    Anders B. Laursen;Robert B. Wexler;Marianna J. Whitaker;Edward J. Izett

  • Selective CO2 reduction to C3 and C4 oxyhydrocarbons on nickel phosphides at overpotentials as low as 10 mV

    Karin U. D. Calvinho;Anders B. Laursen;Kyra M. K. Yap;Timothy A. Goetjen

  • O2 Evolution from the Manganese−Oxo Cubane Core Mn4O46+: A Molecular Mimic of the Photosynthetic Water Oxidation Enzyme?

    W. Ruettinger;M. Yagi;K. Wolf;S. Bernasek

  • Photoassembly of the Water-Oxidizing Complex in Photosystem II.

    Jyotishman Dasgupta;Gennady M. Ananyev;G. Charles Dismukes

Frequent Co-Authors

Leone Spiccia
Leone Spiccia Monash University
Martha Greenblatt
Martha Greenblatt Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University
Eric Garfunkel
Eric Garfunkel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gordon G. Wallace
Gordon G. Wallace University of Wollongong
Matthew C. Posewitz
Matthew C. Posewitz Colorado School of Mines
Johannes Messinger
Johannes Messinger Umeå University
Oliver Lenz
Oliver Lenz Johnson & Johnson
Jing Li
Jing Li Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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