Kinetics of picosecond laser pulse induced charge separation and proton transfer in bacteriorhodopsin

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-52

  Yao, Baoli ^a   Xu, Dalun ^a   Hou, Xun ^a   Hu, Kunsheng ^b   Wang, Aojin ^b  

^a XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Photodetectors; Photoelectric kinetics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; GELS; LASER PULSES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PHOTODETECTORS; PROTEINS; REACTION KINETICS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BIPOLAR RESPONSE SIGNAL; GELOSE GEL; PHOTOELECTRIC KINETICS; PICOSECOND LASER PULSE INDUCED CHARGE; PROTON TRANSFER;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LASER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LASERS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTONS;

EID: 0037208320     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1527626     Document Type: Article

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