OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF BACTERIORHODOPSIN LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS

Authors
WEETALL HH SAMUELSON LA
Citation
Hh. Weetall et La. Samuelson, OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF BACTERIORHODOPSIN LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS, Thin solid films, 312(1-2), 1998, pp. 306-312
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Thin solid films → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406090
Volume
312
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
306 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6090(1998)312:1-2<306:OAEOBL>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Langmuir-Blodgett films prepared from purple membranes dissolved in pu re hexane were characterized for M-state decay kinetics and photocurre nt production. These studies indicated that the films are preferential ly oriented with thr cytoplasmic side of the bacteriorhodopsin molecul e facing away from the surface of the tin oxide coated glass electrode s. Characterization of Langmuir-Blodgett Films in high salt strongly i ndicates that the transient photocurrents observed are directly due to proton release and uptake and not to charge separation. Published by Elsevier Science S.A.