title: Photosensitized electron transport across lipid vesicle walls: quantum yield dependence on sensitizer concentration.
abstract: An amphiphilic tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(2+) derivative that is incorporated into the walls of phosphatidylcholine vesicles photosensitizes the irreversible oxidation of ethylenediaminetetraacetate(3-) dissolved in the inner aqueous compartments of the vesicle suspension and the one-electron reduction of heptylviologen(2+) dissolved in the continuous aqueous phase. The quantum yield of viologen radical production depends on the phospholipid-to-ruthenium complex mole ratios. A kinetic model is used to derive an order-of-magnitude estimate for the rate constant of electron transport across the vesicle walls. The results are inconsistent with a diffusional mechanism for electron transport and are interpreted in terms of electron exchange.
mesh_terms: D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D004579:Electron Transport; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D012428:Ruthenium
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D012428:Ruthenium