Molecular Science in Biology(3)– Quantum Beam, Synchrotron Radiation andX-ray Absorption Spectroscopy –

Abstract

The 70 years have been passed from the first observation of synchrotron radiation. Recently, synchrotron radiation light source has been developped by new type of accelerator, and modern syncrtron has been dedicated and utilized to analyze the strucutres and properties of many variety of materials involving biomolecules. The histrical features of synchrtron radiation are overlooked, and synchrotron based X-ray absorption spectroscopy and related computational chemistry of metallo-protein are also introduced in this issue.