Electron conduction and photocurrent generation of a light-harvesting/ reaction center core complex in lipid membrane environments

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1087-1092

  Sumino, Ayumi ^a   Dewa, Takehisa ^a,b   Sasaki, Nobuaki ^a   Kondo, Masaharu ^a   Nango, Mamoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; conductive atomic force microscopy; light harvesting reaction center complex (LH1 RC complex); lipid membrane; photocurrent generation

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON CONDUCTION; ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIPID MEMBRANES; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; PHOTOCURRENTS;

LIPIDS;

EID: 84875774479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301976z     Document Type: Article

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