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Liang J, Xiao K, Wang X, Hou T, Zeng C, Gao X, Wang B, Zhong C. Revisiting Solar Energy Flow in Nanomaterial-Microorganism Hybrid Systems. Chem Rev 2024. [PMID: 38900019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Nanomaterial-microorganism hybrid systems (NMHSs), integrating semiconductor nanomaterials with microorganisms, present a promising platform for broadband solar energy harvesting, high-efficiency carbon reduction, and sustainable chemical production. While studies underscore its potential in diverse solar-to-chemical energy conversions, prevailing NMHSs grapple with suboptimal energy conversion efficiency. Such limitations stem predominantly from an insufficient systematic exploration of the mechanisms dictating solar energy flow. This review provides a systematic overview of the notable advancements in this nascent field, with a particular focus on the discussion of three pivotal steps of energy flow: solar energy capture, cross-membrane energy transport, and energy conversion into chemicals. While key challenges faced in each stage are independently identified and discussed, viable solutions are correspondingly postulated. In view of the interplay of the three steps in affecting the overall efficiency of solar-to-chemical energy conversion, subsequent discussions thus take an integrative and systematic viewpoint to comprehend, analyze and improve the solar energy flow in the current NMHSs of different configurations, and highlighting the contemporary techniques that can be employed to investigate various aspects of energy flow within NMHSs. Finally, a concluding section summarizes opportunities for future research, providing a roadmap for the continued development and optimization of NMHSs.
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- Jun Liang
- Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Center for Materials Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Center for Materials Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Center for Materials Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Center for Materials Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Center for Materials Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Center for Materials Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Center for Materials Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantitative Synthetic Biology, Center for Materials Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Molecular electronics sensors on a scalable semiconductor chip: A platform for single-molecule measurement of binding kinetics and enzyme activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2112812119. [PMID: 35074874 PMCID: PMC8812571 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2112812119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Detection of molecular interactions is the foundation for many important biotechnology applications in society and industry, such as drug discovery, diagnostics, and DNA sequencing. This report describes a broadly applicable platform for detecting molecular interactions at the single-molecule scale, in real-time, label-free, and potentially highly multiplexable fashion, using single-molecule sensors on a highly scalable semiconductor sensor array chip. Such chips are both practically manufacturable in the near term, and have a durable long-term scaling roadmap, thus providing an ideal way to bring the power of modern chip technology to the broad area of biosensing. This work also realizes a 50-year-old scientific vision of integrating single molecules into electronic chips to achieve the ultimate miniaturization of electronics. For nearly 50 years, the vision of using single molecules in circuits has been seen as providing the ultimate miniaturization of electronic chips. An advanced example of such a molecular electronics chip is presented here, with the important distinction that the molecular circuit elements play the role of general-purpose single-molecule sensors. The device consists of a semiconductor chip with a scalable array architecture. Each array element contains a synthetic molecular wire assembled to span nanoelectrodes in a current monitoring circuit. A central conjugation site is used to attach a single probe molecule that defines the target of the sensor. The chip digitizes the resulting picoamp-scale current-versus-time readout from each sensor element of the array at a rate of 1,000 frames per second. This provides detailed electrical signatures of the single-molecule interactions between the probe and targets present in a solution-phase test sample. This platform is used to measure the interaction kinetics of single molecules, without the use of labels, in a massively parallel fashion. To demonstrate broad applicability, examples are shown for probe molecule binding, including DNA oligos, aptamers, antibodies, and antigens, and the activity of enzymes relevant to diagnostics and sequencing, including a CRISPR/Cas enzyme binding a target DNA, and a DNA polymerase enzyme incorporating nucleotides as it copies a DNA template. All of these applications are accomplished with high sensitivity and resolution, on a manufacturable, scalable, all-electronic semiconductor chip device, thereby bringing the power of modern chips to these diverse areas of biosensing.
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Guo C, Yu J, Horsley JR, Sheves M, Cahen D, Abell AD. Backbone-Constrained Peptides: Temperature and Secondary Structure Affect Solid-State Electron Transport. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:10951-10958. [PMID: 31777245 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b07753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The primary sequence and secondary structure of a peptide are crucial to charge migration, not only in solution (electron transfer, ET), but also in the solid-state (electron transport, ETp). Hence, understanding the charge migration mechanisms is fundamental to the development of biomolecular devices and sensors. We report studies on four Aib-containing helical peptide analogues: two acyclic linear peptides with one and two electron-rich alkene-based side chains, respectively, and two peptides that are further rigidified into a macrocycle by a side bridge constraint, containing one or no alkene. ETp was investigated across Au/peptide/Au junctions, between 80 and 340 K in combination with the molecular dynamic (MD) simulations. The results reveal that the helical structure of the peptide and electron-rich side chain both facilitate the ETp. As temperature increases, the loss of helical structure, change of monolayer tilt angle, and increase of thermally activated fluctuations affect the conductance of peptides. Specifically, room temperature conductance across the peptide monolayers correlates well with previously observed ET rate constants, where an interplay between backbone rigidity and electron-rich side chains was revealed. Our findings provide new means to manipulate electronic transport across solid-state peptide junctions.
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- Cunlan Guo
- Department of Materials and Interfaces , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100 , Israel
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), Department of Chemistry , The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), Department of Chemistry , The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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- Department of Materials and Interfaces , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100 , Israel
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- Department of Materials and Interfaces , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100 , Israel
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), Department of Chemistry , The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , South Australia 5005 , Australia
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Zheng H, Jiang F, He R, Yang Y, Shi J, Hong W. Charge Transport through Peptides in Single‐Molecule Electrical Measurements. CHINESE J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201900245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Haining Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- Joint Research Center for Peptide Drug R&D with Space Peptides, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
- Joint Research Center for Peptide Drug R&D with Space Peptides, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, iChEM, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
- Joint Research Center for Peptide Drug R&D with Space Peptides, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen Fujian 361005 China
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Tassinari F, Jayarathna DR, Kantor-Uriel N, Davis KL, Varade V, Achim C, Naaman R. Chirality Dependent Charge Transfer Rate in Oligopeptides. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1706423. [PMID: 29611223 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201706423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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It is shown that "spontaneous magnetization" occurs when chiral oligopeptides are attached to ferrocene and are self-assembled on a gold substrate. As a result, the electron transfer, measured by electrochemistry, shows asymmetry in the reduction and oxidation rate constants; this asymmetry is reversed between the two enantiomers. The results can be explained by the chiral induced spin selectivity of the electron transfer. The measured magnetization shows high anisotropy and the "easy axis" of magnetization is along the molecular axis.
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- Francesco Tassinari
- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Manchester University, North Manchester, IN, 46962, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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Bostick CD, Mukhopadhyay S, Pecht I, Sheves M, Cahen D, Lederman D. Protein bioelectronics: a review of what we do and do not know. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2018; 81:026601. [PMID: 29303117 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aa85f2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We review the status of protein-based molecular electronics. First, we define and discuss fundamental concepts of electron transfer and transport in and across proteins and proposed mechanisms for these processes. We then describe the immobilization of proteins to solid-state surfaces in both nanoscale and macroscopic approaches, and highlight how different methodologies can alter protein electronic properties. Because immobilizing proteins while retaining biological activity is crucial to the successful development of bioelectronic devices, we discuss this process at length. We briefly discuss computational predictions and their connection to experimental results. We then summarize how the biological activity of immobilized proteins is beneficial for bioelectronic devices, and how conductance measurements can shed light on protein properties. Finally, we consider how the research to date could influence the development of future bioelectronic devices.
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- Christopher D Bostick
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, United States of America. Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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Guo C, Sarkar S, Refaely-Abramson S, Egger DA, Bendikov T, Yonezawa K, Suda Y, Yamaguchi T, Pecht I, Kera S, Ueno N, Sheves M, Kronik L, Cahen D. Electronic structure of dipeptides in the gas-phase and as an adsorbed monolayer. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:6860-6867. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08043c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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UPS and DFT reveal how frontier energy levels and molecular orbitals of peptides are modified upon peptide binding to a gold substrate.
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Pulka-Ziach K, Sęk S. α-Helicomimetic foldamers as electron transfer mediators. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:14913-14920. [PMID: 28949361 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr05209j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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α-Helical peptides are known as efficient mediators of electron transfer; however, their use is limited to compounds longer that 7-10 residues. To overcome this limitation, α-helicomimetic foldamers, based on the oligourea backbone with the general formula [-CH(R)-CH2-NH-CO-NH]n, were synthesized. Oligoureas are known to adopt a robust 2.5-helical conformation where only four residues are enough to form stable 1.5 helical turns. This feature makes them great models to study the charge transfer process and the dependence of the mechanism of the electron transition on the length of the mediator. Two families of different chain length (2, 4 and 6 residues) oligoureas were synthesized with a thiol group attached to the δ+ or δ- helix dipole pole. This enables the adsorption of the molecules onto the gold surface, leading to the formation of self-assembled monolayers. The helicity of compounds was confirmed in solution and in the solid state. Such systems were used to study the electron transfer process by current sensing atomic force microscopy (CS-AFM). The results showed that oligoureas may act as electron transfer mediators. Additionally, it was shown by the increasing force applied to the AFM tip that the oligourea helix is more stable than the helix formed by peptides.
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- K Pulka-Ziach
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
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Sheu SY, Yang DY. Mechanically Controlled Electron Transfer in a Single-Polypeptide Transistor. Sci Rep 2017; 7:39792. [PMID: 28051140 PMCID: PMC5209712 DOI: 10.1038/srep39792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Proteins are of interest in nano-bio electronic devices due to their versatile structures, exquisite functionality and specificity. However, quantum transport measurements produce conflicting results due to technical limitations whereby it is difficult to precisely determine molecular orientation, the nature of the moieties, the presence of the surroundings and the temperature; in such circumstances a better understanding of the protein electron transfer (ET) pathway and the mechanism remains a considerable challenge. Here, we report an approach to mechanically drive polypeptide flip-flop motion to achieve a logic gate with ON and OFF states during protein ET. We have calculated the transmission spectra of the peptide-based molecular junctions and observed the hallmarks of electrical current and conductance. The results indicate that peptide ET follows an NC asymmetric process and depends on the amino acid chirality and α-helical handedness. Electron transmission decreases as the number of water molecules increases, and the ET efficiency and its pathway depend on the type of water-bridged H-bonds. Our results provide a rational mechanism for peptide ET and new perspectives on polypeptides as potential candidates in logic nano devices.
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- Sheh-Yi Sheu
- Department of Life Sciences, Institute of Genome Sciences and Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Piccoli JP, Santos A, Santos-Filho NA, Lorenzón EN, Cilli EM, Bueno PR. The self-assembly of redox active peptides: Synthesis and electrochemical capacitive behavior. Biopolymers 2016; 106:357-67. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Julia P. Piccoli
- Department of Biochemistry and Technological Chemistry; , Institute of Chemistry, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Physical Chemistry; Nanobionics Research Group, Institute of Chemistry, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Technological Chemistry; , Institute of Chemistry, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Technological Chemistry; , Institute of Chemistry, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Technological Chemistry; , Institute of Chemistry, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista; São Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Physical Chemistry; Nanobionics Research Group, Institute of Chemistry, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista; São Paulo Brazil
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Gayathri HN, Kumar B, Suresh KA, Bisoyi HK, Kumar S. Charge transport in a liquid crystalline triphenylene polymer monolayer at air-solid interface. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:12101-7. [PMID: 27075432 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07531a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We have prepared a monolayer of a novel liquid crystalline polymer derived from 2,6-dihydroxy-3,7,10,11-tetraalkoxy-triphenylene (PHAT) at an air-water interface and transferred it onto freshly cleaved mica as well as gold coated mica substrates by the Langmuir-Blodgett (L-B) technique. The atomic force microscope (AFM) images of these L-B films show a uniform coverage with a thickness of 1.5 nm. Electrical conductivity measurements were carried out on the PHAT monolayer deposited on the gold coated mica substrate using a current sensing AFM (CSAFM). The gold substrate-PHAT monolayer-cantilever tip of CSAFM forms a metal-insulator-metal (M-I-M) junction. The CSAFM yields a non-linear current-voltage (I-V) curve for the M-I-M junction. The analysis of the I-V characteristics of the M-I-M junction indicated that the charge transport in the liquid crystalline polymer monolayer is by the direct tunneling mechanism. The barrier height for the PHAT monolayer was estimated to be 1.22 ± 0.02 eV.
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- H N Gayathri
- Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, P. B. No: 1329, Jalahalli, Bangalore - 560 013, India.
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- School of Physical Sciences, Central University of Karnataka, Kadaganchi - 585367, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, P. B. No: 1329, Jalahalli, Bangalore - 560 013, India.
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- Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore - 560080, India
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- Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore - 560080, India
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Amdursky N. Electron Transfer across Helical Peptides. Chempluschem 2015; 80:1075-1095. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201500121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Revised: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Juhaniewicz J, Pawlowski J, Sek S. Electron Transport Mediated by Peptides Immobilized on Surfaces. Isr J Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201400165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tarakeshwar P, Palma JL, Holland GP, Fromme P, Yarger JL, Mujica V. Probing the Nature of Charge Transfer at Nano-Bio Interfaces: Peptides on Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. J Phys Chem Lett 2014; 5:3555-3559. [PMID: 26278609 DOI: 10.1021/jz501854x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Characterizing the nano-bio interface has been a long-standing endeavor in the quest for novel biosensors, biophotovoltaics, and biocompatible electronic devices. In this context, the present computational work on the interaction of two peptides, A6K (Ac-AAAAAAK-NH2) and A7 (Ac-AAAAAAA-NH2) with semiconducting TiO2 nanoparticles is an effort to understand the peptide-metal oxide nanointerface. These investigations were spurred by recent experimental observations that nanostructured semiconducting metal oxides templated with A6K peptides not only stabilize large proteins like photosystem-I (PS-I) but also exhibit enhanced charge-transfer characteristics. Our results indicate that α-helical structures of A6K are not only energetically more stabilized on TiO2 nanoparticles, but the resulting hybrids also exhibit enhanced electron transfer characteristics. This enhancement can be attributed to substantial changes in the electronic characteristics at the peptide-TiO2 interface. Apart from understanding the mechanism of electron transfer (ET) in peptide-stabilized PS-I on metal oxide nanoparticles, the current work also has implications in the development of novel solar cells and photocatalysts.
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- Pilarisetty Tarakeshwar
- †Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, United States
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- ‡Center for Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-5001, United States
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- §Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California 92182-1030, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, United States
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- †Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, United States
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Olejnik P, Pawłowska A, Pałys B. Application of Polarization Modulated Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy for electrocatalytic activity studies of laccase adsorbed on modified gold electrodes. Electrochim Acta 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.03.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Amdursky N, Pecht I, Sheves M, Cahen D. Electron Transport via Cytochrome C on Si–H Surfaces: Roles of Fe and Heme. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:6300-6. [DOI: 10.1021/ja4015474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Nadav Amdursky
- Departments
of Materials and Interfaces, ‡Organic Chemistry, and §Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Departments
of Materials and Interfaces, ‡Organic Chemistry, and §Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Departments
of Materials and Interfaces, ‡Organic Chemistry, and §Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Departments
of Materials and Interfaces, ‡Organic Chemistry, and §Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Sek S. Review peptides and proteins wired into the electrical circuits: An SPM-based approach. Biopolymers 2013; 100:71-81. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Bandyopadhyay S, Mukherjee S, Dey A. Modular synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and in situ functionalization using “click” chemistry of azide terminated amide containing self-assembled monolayers. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra43415j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Amdursky N, Pecht I, Sheves M, Cahen D. Doping Human Serum Albumin with Retinoate Markedly Enhances Electron Transport across the Protein. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:18221-4. [DOI: 10.1021/ja308953q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Nadav Amdursky
- Departments of †Materials and Interfaces, ‡Organic Chemistry, and §Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
76100, Israel
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- Departments of †Materials and Interfaces, ‡Organic Chemistry, and §Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
76100, Israel
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- Departments of †Materials and Interfaces, ‡Organic Chemistry, and §Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
76100, Israel
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- Departments of †Materials and Interfaces, ‡Organic Chemistry, and §Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
76100, Israel
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