Interface for Light-Driven Electron Transfer by Photosynthetic Complexes Across Block Copolymer Membranes
Interface for Light-Driven Electron Transfer by Photosynthetic Complexes Across Block Copolymer Membranes
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DOI：
10.1021/jz402766y
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发表时间：
2014-03-06
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Liang, Hongjun
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作者：
Kuang, Liangju;Olson, Tien L.;Liang, Hongjun
Incorporation of membrane proteins into nanodevices to mediate recognition and transport in a collective and scalable fashion remains a challenging problem. We demonstrate how nanoscale photovoltaics could be designed using robust synthetic nanomembranes with incorporated photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs). Specifically, RCs from Rhodobacter sphaeroides are reconstituted spontaneously into rationally designed polybutadiene membranes to form hierarchically organized proteopolymer membrane arrays via a charge-interaction-directed reconstitution mechanism. Once incorporated, the RCs are fully active for prolonged periods based upon a variety of spectroscopic measurements, underscoring preservation of their 3D pigment configuration critical for light-driven charge transfer. This result provides a strategy to construct solar conversion devices using structurally versatile proteopolymer membranes with integrated RC functions to harvest broad regions of the solar spectrum.
