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Margareta R. A. Blomberg

Margareta R. A. Blomberg

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Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
13733
World Ranking
5413
National Ranking
65

Overview

Margareta R. A. Blomberg is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Electrochemistry.

The scientist's work encompasses several interrelated topics, including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Margareta R. A. Blomberg has authored multiple research papers that highlight studies within biochemical and inorganic chemistry contexts. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Activation of O2and NO in heme-copper oxidases - mechanistic insights from computational modelling," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "The Redox-Active Tyrosine Is Essential for Proton Pumping in Cytochrome c Oxidase," 2021, Frontiers in Chemistry
  • "Role of the Two Metals in the Active Sites of Heme Copper Oxidases-A Study of NO Reduction in cbb3 Cytochrome c Oxidase," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "The structure of the oxidized state of cytochrome c oxidase - experiments and theory compared," 2020, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • "What can we learn from N 2 O isotope data? - Analytics, processes and modelling," 2020, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Publications have appeared predominantly in these venues:

  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Chemical Society Reviews
  • Frontiers in Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Frequent collaboration is evidenced with coauthors such as Pia Ädelroth, Longfei Yu, Eliza Harris, Dominika Lewicka-Szczebak, and Matti Barthel.

Best Publications

  • Transition-metal systems in biochemistry studied by high-accuracy quantum chemical methods.

    Per E. M. Siegbahn;Margareta R. A. Blomberg

  • Quantum chemical studies of mechanisms for metalloenzymes.

    Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Tomasz Borowski;Fahmi Himo;Rong-Zhen Liao

  • A simple method for the evaluation of the second-order-perturbation energy from external double-excitations with a CASSCF reference wavefunction

    Björn O. Roos;Per Linse;Per E.M. Siegbahn;Margareta R.A. Blomberg

  • DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY OF BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT METAL CENTERS

    Per E. M. Siegbahn;Margareta R. A. Blomberg

  • Modeling Electron Transfer in Biochemistry: A Quantum Chemical Study of Charge Separation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Photosystem II

    Margareta R. A. Blomberg;and Per E. M. Siegbahn;Gerald T. Babcock

  • Quantum chemical studies of proton-coupled electron transfer in metalloenzymes.

    Per E. M. Siegbahn;Margareta R. A. Blomberg

  • Pt+-Catalyzed Oxidation of Methane: Theory and Experiment

    Maria Pavlov;Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Per E. M. Siegbahn;Ralf Wesendrup

  • Mechanism of H-H Activation by Nickel-Iron Hydrogenase

    Maria Pavlov;Per E. M. Siegbahn;Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Robert H. Crabtree

  • Gas Phase Reactions of Second-Row Transition Metal Atoms with Small Hydrocarbons: Experiment and Theory

    John J. Carroll;Kerstin L. Haug;James C. Weisshaar;Margareta R. A. Blomberg

  • The dissociation of H2 on the Ni(100) surface

    P. E. M. Siegbahn;Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Charles W. Bauschlicher

  • A Density Functional Study of O−O Bond Cleavage for a Biomimetic Non-Heme Iron Complex Demonstrating an FeV-Intermediate

    Arianna Bassan;Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Per E. M. Siegbahn;Lawrence Que

  • Theoretical study of the activation of alkane C-H and C-C bonds by different transition metals

    Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Per E. M. Siegbahn;Umpei Nagashima;Jan Wennerberg

  • Significant van der Waals Effects in Transition Metal Complexes.

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  • A theoretical study of the mechanism for peptide hydrolysis by thermolysin.

    Vladimir Pelmenschikov;Margareta R A Blomberg;Per E M Siegbahn

  • Oxyl radical required for o-o bond formation in synthetic Mn-catalyst.

    Marcus Lundberg;Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Per E. M. Siegbahn

  • Mechanisms for the reactions between methane and the neutral transition metal atoms from yttrium to palladium

    Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Per E. M. Siegbahn;Mats Svensson

  • Potential energy surfaces of MH2 (M=Co, Fe, and Cu)

    P. E. M. Siegbahn;Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Charles W. Bauschlicher

  • A Quantum Chemical Study of Hydrogen Abstraction from Manganese-Coordinated Water by a Tyrosyl Radical: A Model for Water Oxidation in Photosystem II

    Margareta R A Blomberg;Per E M Siegbahn;Stenbjörn Styring;Gerald T Babcock

  • A theoretical study of the cis-dihydroxylation mechanism in naphthalene 1,2-dioxygenase.

    Arianna Bassan;Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Per E. M. Siegbahn

  • Comparisons of results from parametrized configuration interaction (PCI‐80) and from hybrid density functional theory with experiments for first row transition metal compounds

    Margareta R. A. Blomberg;Per E. M. Siegbahn;Mats Svensson

  • PCI-X, a parametrized correlation method containing a single adjustable parameter X

    Per E.M. Siegbahn;Margareta R.A. Blomberg;Mats Svensson

  • Proton pumping mechanism in cytochrome c oxidase.

    Per E.M. Siegbahn;Margareta R.A. Blomberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Per E. M. Siegbahn
Per E. M. Siegbahn Stockholm University
Ulf Wahlgren
Ulf Wahlgren Stockholm University
James C. Weisshaar
James C. Weisshaar University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert H. Crabtree
Robert H. Crabtree Yale University
Mårten Wikström
Mårten Wikström University of Helsinki
Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Fahmi Himo
Fahmi Himo Stockholm University
Lars G. M. Pettersson
Lars G. M. Pettersson Stockholm University
Lawrence Que
Lawrence Que University of Minnesota
Johan Six
Johan Six ETH Zurich

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