Light-harvesting bio-nanomaterial using porous silicon and photosynthetic reaction center

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hajdu, Kata ^a   Gergely, Csilla ^b   Martin, Marta ^b   Zimányi, László ^c   Agarwal, Vivechana ^d   Palestino, Gabriela ^e   Hernádi, Klára ^a   Németh, Zoltán ^a   Nagy, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Nanomaterial; Peptide; Photosynthetic reaction center; Porous silicon functionalization

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITES; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; MAMMALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PEPTIDES; PHOTONICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REDOX REACTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIO PHOTONICS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER; POROUS SILICON MICROCAVITIES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SILICON-BASED ELECTRONICS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

POROUS SILICON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 84866141734     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-400     Document Type: Article

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