Approaches to single-molecule studies of metalloprotein electron transfer using scanning probe-based techniques
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All-electronic Nanosecond-resolved Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Facilitating the Investigation of Single Dopant Charge Dynamics
Published on: January 19, 2018
Martin Elliott1, D Dafydd Jones2
1School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, U.K. martin.elliott@astro.cf.ac.uk.
Abstract:
The single-molecule properties of metalloproteins have provided an intensely active research area in recent years. This brief review covers some of the techniques used to prepare, measure and analyse the electron transfer properties of metalloproteins, concentrating on scanning tunnelling microscopy-based techniques and advances in attachment of proteins to electrodes.
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