title: Bacteriorhodopsin: a picosecond optoelectric signal transducer.
abstract: This paper summarizes the results found in our laboratory investigating the ultrafast light-induced charge separation in bacteriorhodopsin. A special technique was elaborated for dried oriented samples of long term stability. An upper limit of 21 ps was found by a direct electric method for the early charge separation processes. A permanent electric field on the surface of illuminated samples was demonstrated. The potential application of such samples as ultrafast optoelectric signal transducers is discussed.
authors: Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Center of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged.
authors: G I
authors: GI
authors: Groma
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Szabó
authors: G Y
authors: GY
authors: Váró
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Ráksi
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Keszthelyi
mesh_terms: D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D001436:Bacteriorhodopsins