Light-addressable bacteriorhodopsin photocell

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5602, Issue , 2004, Pages 41-50

  Wang, Wei Wei ^a   Knopf, George K ^a   Bassi, Amarjeet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteriorodopsin films; ITO electrode; Optical hybrids; Photocell; Photoelectric transducers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMATERIALS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRODES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; POLYESTERS; PROTONS; THIN FILMS; TRANSDUCERS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN (BR) FILMS; ITO ELECTRODES; OPTICAL HYBRIDS; PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS;

EID: 17744362323     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.578033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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