黄金纳米颗粒表面等离子体场对子过程的作用 背后的hodopsin光合作用
Arianna Biesso1, Wei Qian, Xiaohua Huang
1School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laser Dynamic Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, 770 State Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 31, 2009
概括
黄金纳米化物等离子体场增强了巴克特里奥霍多普辛的质子反质子化速率. 质子离散从质子化的希夫基保持不受等离子场的影响.
科学领域:
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 摄影化学的使用.
- 纳米技术 纳米技术
背景情况:
- 背后的hodopsin 作为一个光驱动的质子.
- 质子转移对于生物系统中的能量转导至关重要.
- 纳米粒子的等离子场可以影响光化学过程.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究黄金纳米化物等离子体场对bacteriorhodopsin的质子动力学的影响.
- 了解光诱导的等离子体共振如何影响质子转移机制.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种背后的hodopsin 光合作用系统.
- 在系统中应用金纳米化物质等离子体场.
- 测量和分析了质子解离和重质子化的速率.
主要成果:
- 质子离散的速率从质子化的希夫基没有显著改变.
- 在等离子体场的存在下,观察到反质子化速率的显著增加.
结论:
- 黄金纳米化物等离子体场可以选择性调节质子活动.
- 这些发现表明,潜在的机制涉及增强的电子声声合或改变局部电场.
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