title: Photosynthetic reaction center functionalized nano-composite films: effective strategies for probing and exploiting the photo-induced electron transfer of photosensitive membrane protein.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China.
authors.forename: Yidong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Baohong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jilie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D036103:Nanotechnology; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins