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Conductance Control in Stabilized Carotenoid Wires
Author(s) -
Maeng Juwan,
Kim Soo Bong,
Lee Nam Joo,
Choi Eunho,
Jung SeYoung,
Hong Inseok,
Bae SungHee,
Oh Jung Taek,
Lim Boram,
Kim Joon Woo,
Kang Chi Jung,
Koo Sangho
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201000700
Subject(s) - polyene , carotenoid , conductance , chemistry , computer science , physics , condensed matter physics , food science , biochemistry
Tunable carots : Construction of the stable carotenoid wires with a specific conductance value is possible by the attachment of phenyl groups to the polyene chain to overcome the in vitro instability of natural carotenoids, the perfect molecular wires utilized in various biological processes. Diverse electronic natures of the substituents on the phenyl groups provide the carotenoids with tunable conductance (see figure).