Invited Lecture "Catalytic Efficiency of Artificial Photoenzymes compared to Native Enzymes - A Unifying Concept", 3rd European Colloquium on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Krakow, Poland, 2016

  • Günther Knör (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › unknown

Description

The Knör group has pioneered the novel field of light-driven homogeneous photocatalytic systems designed for modelling the reactions of natural biocatalysts (biomimetic and bio-inspired photocatalysis with artificial photoenzymes). A theoretical framework unifying the concepts of classical enzyme kinetics and photokinetics will be presented for the first time in this contribution. This will allow for a direct quantitative comparison of selectivity and efficiency criteria between natural enzymes and their photochemical model systems. It could already be shown that many artificial photoenzymes indeed perform even better than naturally evolved biocatalysts under identical mild reaction conditions.
Period21 Jun 2016
Event title3rd European Colloquium on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms (ECIRM 2016), Krakow, Poland, June 21-25, 2016
Event typeConference
LocationPolandShow on map

Fields of science

  • 104011 Materials chemistry
  • 104 Chemistry
  • 104016 Photochemistry
  • 107002 Bionics
  • 106032 Photobiology
  • 301904 Cancer research
  • 210005 Nanophotonics
  • 104008 Catalysis
  • 301305 Medical chemistry
  • 211908 Energy research
  • 104003 Inorganic chemistry
  • 104015 Organic chemistry

JKU Focus areas

  • Nano-, Bio- and Polymer-Systems: From Structure to Function
  • Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)

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