Atomic-scale imaging reveals how biomolecules harvest light on graphene
11 11 2025
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A recent study published in Advanced Functional Materials from a team led by Joanna Kargul, leader of the Solar Fuels Laboratory at the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, in collaboration with Tomasz Góral from the Cryomicroscopy and Electron Diffraction Core Facility and researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw and the National Institute of Genetics of Japan used Cryo-EM technique combined with genetic modification of PSI and targeted surface chemistry to obtain an atomistic view of the photosystem assembly on graphene surface.
This breakthrough study has been featured at NanoWerk, see: https://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=68075.php
Miriam Izzo, Margot Jacquet, Tomasz Góral, Marcin Strawski, Takayuki Fujiwara, Shin-ya Miyagishima, Joanna Kargul, “Cryo-EM of Rationally Designed Photosystem I Nanoassembly on Graphene Validates Orientation-Driven Enhancement of Photocatalytic Performance”, Advanced Functional Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202510926