Professor Thomas A. Moore got his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas Tech in 1976. He has been a professor in the ASU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 1976. He is also the director of the ASU Center for Bioenergy & Photosynthesis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas A. Moore

Selected Publications
Last 5 years

“Towards molecular logic and artificial photosynthesis,” Gust, D.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A. in Proceedings of the 2007 Solvay Conference on Chemistry, Sauvage, J.-P. Ed., Wiley-VCH, 2010, in press.

“Artificial photosynthesis:  Progress and promise,” Gust, D.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A. in Ciamician, Profeta dell’Energia Solare, Venturi, M. Ed., Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Bologna, 187-208 (2009).

“Biology and Technology for Photochemical Fuel Production,” M. Hambourger, G. F. Moore, D. M. Kramer, D. Gust, A. L. Moore, and T. A. Moore, Chem. Soc. Rev, 38, 25 – 35 (2009).

“Photoassisted overall water splitting in a visible light-absorbing dye sensitized photoelectrochemical cell,” Youngblood, W. J.; Lee, S.-H. A.; Kobayashi, Y.; Hernandez-Pagan, E. A.; Hoertz, P. G.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D.; Mallouk T. E., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 926-927, (2009).

“All-Photonic Molecular Keypad Lock,” Andréasson, J.; Straight, S. D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D., Chem. Eur. J., 15, 3936 – 3939 (2009).

“Multiantenna Artificial Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex,” Terazono, Y.; Kodis, G.; Liddell, P. A.; Garg, V.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 7147-7155, (2009).

“Solar Energy Conversion in a Photoelectrochemical Biofuel Cell,” Hambourger, M.; Kodis, G.; Vaughn, M.; Moore, G. F.; Gust, D.; Moore A. L.; Moore. T. A. Dalton Trans. 2009, 9979 - 9989.

“Solar Fuels via Artificial Photosynthesis,” Gust, D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L. Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, 1890-1898.

“1-(3’Amino)propylsilatrane derivatives as covalent surface linkers to nanoparticulate metal oxide films for use in photoelectrochemical cells,” Brennan, B. J.; Keirstead, A. E.; Liddell, P. A.; Vail, S. A.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. Nanotechnology 2009, 20, 505203.

“Nailing Down Nickel for Electrocatalysis,” Hambourger, M. and Moore, T. A. Science 2009, 326, 1355-1356. Perspectives

“Porphyrin-based hole conducting electropolymer,” Liddell, P. A. Gervaldo, M. Bridgewater, J. W.; Keirstead, A. E.; Lin, S.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. Chemistry of Materials, 20, 135-142 (2008).

“[FeFe]-hydrogenase catalyzed H2 production in a photoelectrochemical biofuel cell,” Hambourger, M.; Gervaldo, M.; Svedruzic, D.; King, P. W.; Gust, D.; Ghirardi,M.; Moore, A. L.; Moore T. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 2015-2022 (2008).

“Ultrafast energy transfer dynamics of a bioinspired dyad molecule,” Savolainen, J.; Dijkhuizen, N.; Fanciulli, R.; Liddell, P. A.; Gust, D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Hauer, J.; Buckup, T.; Motzkus, M.; Herek, J. L. J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 2678-2685 (2008)

Self-Regulation of Photoinduced Electron Transfer by a Molecular Nonlinear Transducer,” S. D. Straight, G. Kodis, Y. Terazono, M. Hambourger, T. A. Moore, A. L. Moore, D. Gust, Nature Nanotechnology, 3, 280-283 (2008).

“Mimicking photosynthesis, but just the best bits,” A. W. Rutherford and T. A. Moore, Nature, 453, 449 (2008). A brief correspondence.

“Entropic changes control the charge separation process in triads mimicking photosynthetic charge separation,” Rizzi, A. C.; van Gastel, M.; Liddell, P. A.; Palacios, R. E.; Moore, G. F.; Kodis, G.; Moore, A. L.; Moore, T. A.; Gust, D.; Braslavsky, S. E. J. Phys. Chem. A, 112, 4215-4223 (2008).

“Molecular all-photonic encoder-decoder,” Andréasson, J.; Straight, S. D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 11122-11128 (2008).

“Engineered and Artificial Photosynthesis: Human Ingenuity Enters the Game,” D. Gust, D. Kramer, A. Moore, T. A. Moore and W. Vermaas, MRS Bulletin, 33, 383-386 (2008).

“A Bioinspired Construct that Mimics the Proton Coupled Electron Transfer between P680+ and the Tyr z-His190 Pair of Photosystem II,” G. F. Moore, M. Hambourger, M Gervaldo, O. G. Poluektov, T. Rajh, D. Gust, T. A. Moore and A. L. Moore, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 10466-10467 (2008).

“All-photonic molecular XOR and NOR logic gates based on photochemical control of fluorescence in a fulgimide-porphyrin-dithienylethene triad,” Straight, S. D.; Liddell, P. A.; Terazono, Y.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. Adv. Funct. Mater, 17, 777-785 (2007).

“Molecular 2:1 digital multiplexer,” Andréasson, J.; Straight, S. D.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Mitchell, R. H.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 958-961 (2007).

“Parameters affecting the chemical work output of a hybrid photoelectrochemical biofuel cell,” Hambourger M., Liddell P., Gust D., Moore A. L., Moore T. A., Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 6, 431 – 437 (2007).

“Photoinduced electron transfer in a hexaphenylbenzene-based self-assembled porphyrin-fullerene triad,” Terazono, Y.; Kodis, G.; Liddell, P. A.; Garg, V.; Gervaldo, M.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. Photochem. Photobiol., 83, 464-469 (2007).

“Energy transfer, excited-state deactivation and exciplex formation in artificial caroteno-phthalocyanine light harvesting antennas,” Berera, R.; van Stokkum, I. H. M.; Kodis, G.; Keirstead, A.; Pillai, S.; Herrero, C.; Palacios, R. E.; Vengris, M.; van Grondelle, R.; Gust, D.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Kennis, J. T. M. J. Phys. Chem. B., 111, 6868–6877 (2007).

“A molecule-based 1:2 digital demultiplexer,” Andréasson, J.; Straight, S. D.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Mitchell, R. H.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 14274-14278 (2007).

“Bio-inspired constructs for sustainable energy production and use,” A. L. Moore, D. Gust, and T. A. Moore, L’Actualité Chimique, no. 308-309 50-55 (2007).

“Tetrapyrrole singlet-excited state quenching by covalently linked carotenoids: mimicking nonphotochemical quenching in oxygenic photosynthesis,” R. Berera, C. Herrero, I. van Stokkum, M. Vengris, G. Kodis, R. Palacios, H. van Amerongen, R. van Grondelle, D. Gust, T. Moore, A. Moore, J. Kennis, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 103, 5343-5348 (2006).

“Artificial photosynthetic reaction centers with carotenoid antennas,” S. Gould, G. Kodis, P. Liddell, R. Palacios, A. Brune, D. Gust, T. Moore, A. Moore, Tetrahedron, 62, 2074–2096 (2006)

“Energy and photoinduced electron transfer in a wheel-shaped artificial photosynthetic antenna-reaction center complex,” G. Kodis, Y. Terazono, P. Liddell, J. Andréasson, V. Garg, M. Hambourger, T. Moore, A. Moore, D. Gust, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 1818-1827 (2006).

“Molecular switches controlled by light,” D. Gust, T. Moore, A. Moore, Chem. Commun., 2006, 1169 - 1178.

“Characterization of proton transport across a waveguide-supported lipid bilayer,” T. McBee, L. Wang, C. Ge, B. Beam, A. Moore, D. Gust, T. Moore, N. Armstrong, S. Saavedra, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 2184-2185 (2006).

“Conductance of a biomolecular wire.” I. Visoly-Fisher, K. Daie, Y. Terazono, C. Herrero, F. Fungo,a L. Otero,a E. Durantini,a J. J. Silber,a L. Sereno,a D. Gust, T. A. Moore, A. L. Moore and S. M. Lindsay, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 103, 8686-8690 (2006).

“Photoswitchable Sensitization of Porphyrin Excited States,” S. D. Straight, Y. Terazono, G. Kodis, T. A. Moore, A. L. Moore and D. Gust, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 59, 170-174 (2006).

“Time-Resolved EPR Investigation of Charge Recombination to a Triplet State in a Carotene-Diporphyrin Triad” M. Di Valentin, A. Bisol, G. Agostini, A. L. Moore, T. A. Moore, D. Gust, R. E. Palacios, S. L. Gould and D. Carbonera, Molecular Physics, 104, 1595-1607(2006).

“Charge separation and energy transfer in a caroteno-C60 dyad: photoinduced electron transfer from the carotenoid excited states,” R. Berera, G. F. Moore, I. van Stokkum, G. Kodis, M. Gervaldo, R. van Grondelle, J. T. M. Kennis, D. Gust, T. A. Moore, and A. L. Moore, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 5, 1142 – 1149 (2006).

“Tetrapyrrole Singlet Excited State Quenching by Carotenoids in an Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna,” Palacios, R. E,  Kodis, G., Herrero, C., Ochoa, E. M., Gervaldo, M., Gould, S. L., Kennis, J. T. M., Gust, D., Moore, T. A. and Moore, A. L. J. Phys. Chem. B., 110, 25411–25420 (2006).

“A biochemist seeks to better plants’ photosynthetic powers,” T. A. Moore, Journal Club in Nature Highlights, Nature 443, 5 (2006).

“All-photonic molecular half-adder,” Andréasson, J.; Straight, S. D.; Kodis, G.; Park, C.-D.; Hambourger, M.; Gervaldo, M.; Albinsson, B.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 16259-16265 (2006).

“Photochromic Control of Photoinduced Electron Transfer. A Molecular Double-Throw Switch,”Stephen D. Straight, Joakim Andréasson, Gerdenis Kodis, Ana L. Moore, Thomas A. Moore, and Devens Gust, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 2717-2724 (2005).

“Electronic Decay Constant of Carotenoid Polyenes from Single-Molecule Measurements,”J. He, F. Chen, J. Li, O. F. Sankey, Y. Terazono, C. Herrero, D. Gust, T. A. Moore, A. L. Moore and S. M. Lindsay, J. Amer. Chem. Soc.,127(5), 1384-1385 (2005).

“Bio-Inspired Energy Conversion,” R. E. Palacios, S. L. Gould, C. Herrero, M. Hambourger, A. Brune, G. Kodis, P. A. Liddell, J. Kennis, A. N. Macpherson, D. Gust, T. A. Moore and A. L. Moore, Pure & Applied Chem. 77, 1001-1008 (2005).

“Hybrid Photoelectrochemical-Fuel Cell” A. L. Moore, T. A. Moore, and D. Gust, Chapter 49 in Symposium Series No. 890 Nanotechnology and the Environment. Applications and Implications, Eds., B. Karn, T. Masciangioli, W-x Zhang, V. Colvin and P. Alivisatos, Oxford University Press USA. In Press 2005

“Molecular AND and INHIBIT gates based on control of porphyrin fluorescence by photochromes,” Straight, S. D.; Andréasson, J.; Kodis, G.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Mitchell, R. H.; Moore, T. A.; Moore, A. L.; Gust, D. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 9403-9409 (2005).

“Photoelectrochemical biofuel cells,” T. Sotomura, D. Gust, T. Moore, A. Moore, Eco Industry, 10, 19-26 (2005).

“Switching of a photochromic molecule on gold electrodes: single molecule measurements,” J. He, F. Chen, P. Liddell, J. Andréasson, S. Straight, D. Gust, T. Moore, A. Moore, J. Li, O. Sankey, S. Lindsay, Nanotechnology, 16, 695-702 (2005).

“Enzyme-assisted reforming of glucose to hydrogen in a photoelectrochemical cell,” M. Hambourger, A. Brune, D. Gust, A. Moore, T. Moore, Photochem. Photobiol., 81, 1015 – 1020 (2005).

“Mimicking bacterial photosynthesis,” D. Gust, T. Moore, A. Moore, in Artificial Photosynthesis, Collings, A. F.; Critchley, C., Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005, pp. 187-210.

“Photoinduced long-lived charge separation in a tetrathiafulvalene-porphyrin-fullerene triad detected by time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance,” M. Di Valentin, A. Bisol, G. Agostini, P. Liddell, G. Kodis, A. Moore, T. Moore, D. Gust, D. Carbonera, J. Phys. Chem. B., 109, 14401 –14409 (2005).

“Artificial photosynthetic reaction centers: mimicking sequential electron and triplet-energy transfer,” R. Palacios, G. Kodis, S. Gould, L. de la Garza, A. Brune, D. Gust, T. Moore, A. Moore, ChemPhysChem, 6, 2359-2370 (2005).

“Molecular AND logic gate based on electric dichroism of a photochromic dihydroindolizine,” J. Andréasson, Y. Terazono, B. Albinsson, T. Moore, A. Moore, D. Gust, Angw. Chem. Int. Ed., , 44, 7591-7594 (2005).

Invited editorial for a special issue of Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, “Bio-inspired energy conversion for planet Earth,” T. A. Moore, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 4, 917 (2005).

“Artificial Photosynthetic Antenna-Reaction Center Complexes Based on a Hexaphenylbenzene Core,” Y. Terazono, P. A. Liddell, V. Garg, G. Kodis, A. Brune, M. Hambourger, T. A. Moore, A. L. Moore and D. Gust, J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 9, 706-723 (2005).

Thomas A. Moore, Ph.D.
Director, ASU Center for Bioenergy & Photosynthesis


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