Photocurrent of a single photosynthetic protein

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 673-676

  Gerster, Daniel ^a   Reichert, Joachim ^a   Bi, Hai ^a   Barth, Johannes V ^a   Kaniber, Simone M ^b   Holleitner, Alexander W ^b   Visoly Fisher, Iris ^c   Sergani, Shlomi ^c   Carmeli, Itai ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GOLD; LIGHT SOURCES; MOLECULES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; COVALENTLY BOUND; FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; INTERNAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; OPTOELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROTEINS; REACTION CENTRES;

PROTEINS;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; GOLD;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; LIGHT; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84871053237     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.165     Document Type: Article

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