Photosynthetic reaction center functionalized nano-composite films: effective strategies for probing and exploiting the photo-induced electron transfer of photosensitive membrane protein.
Photosynthetic reaction center (RC), a robust transmembrane pigment-protein complex, works as the crucial component participating the primary event of the photo-electrochemical conversion in bacteria. Sparked by the high photo-induced charge separation yield (ca. 100%) of RC, great interests have been aroused to fabricate versatile RC-functionalized nano-composite films for exploring the initial photosynthetic electron transfer (ET) of RC, and thus exploiting well-designed bio-photoelectric converters. In this review, we classify and summarize the current status about the concepts and methods of constructing RC-immobilized nano-composite films or devices for probing the photo-induced ET, and applying to novel bioelectronics if it is possible.
Lu
Yidong
Y
Chemistry Department, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China.
Xu
Jingjing
J
Liu
Baohong
B
Kong
Jilie
J
D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D036103:Nanotechnology; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins