Enhanced electronic conductance across bacteriorhodopsin, induced by coupling to Pt nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3072-3077

  Ron, Izhar ^a,b   Friedman, Noga ^a   Sheves, Mordechai ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN (BR); BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CONDUCTIVE PROBE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPIES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRODE YIELD; ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; ELECTRONIC CURRENT; METALLIC CLUSTERS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION MEASUREMENT; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CONTACTS; PT DEPOSITION; PT NANOPARTICLES; PT PRECURSORS; SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS; SUSPENDED MEMBRANES;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES;

PLATINUM;

EID: 77958473369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101072s     Document Type: Article

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