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Plugging a Molecular Wire into Photosystem I: Reconstitution of the Photoelectric Conversion System on a Gold Electrode
Author(s) -
Terasaki Nao,
Yamamoto Noritaka,
Hiraga Takashi,
Yamanoi Yoshinori,
Yonezawa Tetsu,
Nishihara Hiroshi,
Ohmori Tsutomu,
Sakai Makoto,
Fujii Masaaki,
Tohri Akihiko,
Iwai Masako,
Inoue Yasunori,
Yoneyama Satoshi,
Minakata Makoto,
Enami Isao
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200805748
Subject(s) - p700 , photosystem i , electron transfer , electrode , materials science , molecular wire , photoelectric effect , optoelectronics , photoinduced electron transfer , photochemistry , chemistry , photosystem ii , nanotechnology , molecule , photosynthesis , biochemistry , organic chemistry
Plug and play : Photoinduced electron transfer occurs from photoexcited P700 in photosystem I (PSI) to a gold surface (see picture). A novel molecular connector system is used, in which an artificial molecular wire, which is assembled on the gold surface, was plugged into PSI by reconstitution. Analysis of the photoelectron transfer kinetics proved both the output of electrons from PSI and the effectiveness of the molecular wire.