DocumentCode :
1030039
Title :
Photovoltaic effects in biomembranes/spl minus/reverse-engineering naturally occurring molecular optoelectronic devices
Author :
Hong, Felix T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Physiol, Wayne State Univ. Sch. of Med., Detroit, MI, USA
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
fYear :
1994
Firstpage :
75
Lastpage :
93
Abstract :
Discusses the fundamental principles of the fast photoelectric effect and its applications to molecular electronics research. The principles are illustrated with experimental data obtained from reconstituted bacteriorhodopsin membranes. The following topics are considered: Halobacterium halobium; light-induced charge separation; equivalent circuit analysis; the concept of intelligent materials; reverse engineering of visual rhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin; bacteriorhodopsin as an advanced bioelectronic material; the role of protein engineering; the interface problem.<>
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomembranes; biomolecular electronics; optoelectronic devices; photovoltaic effects; proteins; Halobacterium halobium; advanced bioelectronic material; biomembrane photovoltaic effects; equivalent circuit analysis; fast photoelectric effect; intelligent materials; interface problem; light-induced charge separation; molecular electronics research; naturally occurring molecular optoelectronic devices; protein engineering; reconstituted bacteriorhodopsin membranes; reverse engineering; visual rhodopsin; Amino acids; Bioelectric phenomena; Biomembranes; Electric potential; Enterprise resource planning; Galvanizing; Optimized production technology; Photovoltaic effects; Pigmentation; Protons;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0739-5175
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/51.265777
Filename :
265777
Link To Document :
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