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Plugging a Molecular Wire into Photosystem I: Reconstitution of the Photoelectric Conversion System on a Gold Electrode†

  1. Nao Terasaki Dr.1,
  2. Noritaka Yamamoto Dr.1,
  3. Takashi Hiraga Dr.1,
  4. Yoshinori Yamanoi Dr.2,
  5. Tetsu Yonezawa Dr.2,
  6. Hiroshi Nishihara Prof.2,
  7. Tsutomu Ohmori Dr.3,
  8. Makoto Sakai Dr.3,
  9. Masaaki Fujii Prof.3,
  10. Akihiko Tohri Dr.4,
  11. Masako Iwai Dr.4,
  12. Yasunori Inoue Prof.4,
  13. Satoshi Yoneyama Dr.5,
  14. Makoto Minakata Prof.5,
  15. Isao Enami Prof.6

Article first published online: 20 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200805748

Issue

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 48, Issue 9, pages 1585–1587, February 16, 2009

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How to Cite

Terasaki, N., Yamamoto, N., Hiraga, T., Yamanoi, Y., Yonezawa, T., Nishihara, H., Ohmori, T., Sakai, M., Fujii, M., Tohri, A., Iwai, M., Inoue, Y., Yoneyama, S., Minakata, M. and Enami, I. (2009), Plugging a Molecular Wire into Photosystem I: Reconstitution of the Photoelectric Conversion System on a Gold Electrode. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48: 1585–1587. doi: 10.1002/anie.200805748

Author Information

  1. 1

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 807-1 Shuku-machi, Tosu, Saga 841-0052 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 942-81-3690

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8654 (Japan)

  3. 3

    Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503 (Japan)

  4. 4

    Department of Applied Biological Science, The Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki 2641, Noda, Chiba 278-8510 (Japan)

  5. 5

    Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University, 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8011 (Japan)

  6. 6

    Department of Biology, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601 (Japan)

  1. †

    This study was supported in part by Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology Leading Researches, Development of Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis (JST).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 20 JAN 2009
  3. Manuscript Received: 26 NOV 2008

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  • Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis

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Keywords:

  • biocomponents;
  • electron transfer;
  • molecular electronics;
  • photocurrent;
  • photosynthesis

Abstract

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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.

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