Title :
Molecular electronic device based on biological electron transport system-photoelectric properties of molecular heterojunction using flavin-porphyrin LB multilayers
Author :
Isoda, Satoru ; Ueyama, Satoshi ; Kawakubo, Hiroaki ; Hanazato, Yoshio ; Maeda, Mitsuo
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Corp., Hyogo, Japan
Abstract :
Fundamental technologies for an electronic device which is implemented on a molecular scale by using electron transport proteins and/or their model Langmuir-Blodgett films are discussed. The study deals with the photoelectric properties of a molecular heterojunction using flavin-porphyrin Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers. The photocurrent revealed unexpectedly strong rectifying properties of the molecular heterojunction. At 300 K the rate of electron transfer from flavin to heme was faster by seven orders of magnitude than that from heme to flavin
Keywords :
Langmuir-Blodgett films; biomolecular electronics; photoelectric devices; biological electron transport system; electron transfer; electron transport proteins; flavin-porphyrin Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers; model Langmuir-Blodgett films; molecular electronic device; molecular heterojunction; photoelectric properties; rectifying properties; Current density; Electrodes; Electrons; Engineering in medicine and biology; Glass; Molecular electronics; Photoconductivity; Societies; Substrates; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96209
