Immobilization of reaction centers

Another area of great interest in biomaterials research has been that of immobilization of reaction centers on an inert substrate to create reaction specific cites. One group (36) has been interested in stabilization of chloroplasts for use in solar energy development (Figure 11). Various hydrophillic and hydrophobic monomers were mixed with isolated chloroplasts in a specific buffer solution (Figure 12). The mixture was cooled to below -24C and irradiated with a Co-60 source to 1 MRad. After irradiation, residual monomer and chloroplast were washed leaving the immobilized product stored in a buffer solution. 

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