title: A new photocatalytic material based on algal cells.
abstract: Metallic platinum was deposited at surfaces of intracellular photosynthetic membranes of whole cells of a cyanobacterium (blue-green alga). The deposited platinum particles acted as a catalyst for generation of hydrogen from photosynthetic decomposition of water in the absence of other exogenous electron transfer agents. This technique represents a means of placing metal catalysts in contact with intracellular structures of microorganisms.
authors.affiliation: Lynntech, Inc., Bryan, Texas 77803.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Hitchens
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis; D007700:Kinetics; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D010984:Platinum / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011199:Potentiometry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D010984:Platinum; D006859:Hydrogen; D010100:Oxygen