Abstract:
Nano-sized manganese oxide–bovine serum albumin was synthesized
and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM),
atomic force microscopy (AFM), UV-vis, X-ray diffraction
(XRD), infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), energy-dispersive X-ray
spectroscopy (EDX), elemental mapping and transmission
electron microscopy (TEM). The oxide shows water oxidizing
activity in the presence of cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate as a nonoxo
transfer oxidant. We used bovine serum albumin in the
compound as a promising model for stabilizing proteins in
photosystem II.
