Electroconductive and photocurrent generation properties of self-assembled monolayers formed by functionalized, conformationally-constrained peptides on gold electrodes

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-191

  Gatto, Emanuela ^a   Stella, Lorenzo ^a   Formaggio, Fernando ^b   Toniolo, Claudio ^b   Lorenzelli, Leandro ^c   Venanzi, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformationally constrained peptides; Electroconductive properties; Interdigitated gold microelectrodes; Peptide self assembled monolayers; Photocurrent generation

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HEXAPEPTIDE; THIOCTIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROELECTRODE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; PEPTIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 39649120099     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.973     Document Type: Article

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