Title :
Photovoltaic effects in biomembranes/spl minus/reverse-engineering naturally occurring molecular optoelectronic devices
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Physiol, Wayne State Univ. Sch. of Med., Detroit, MI, USA
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;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE