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Photoelectrochemical reaction of chlorophyll immobilized with liquid crystal on metal surface

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Chlorophyll was immobilized with liquid crystal on a platinum surface to prepare a photoexcitable electrode. Liquid crystals such as N-(p-methoxybenzylidene)-p-butylanil-ine were found to be effective on the photoexcitation of the immobilized chlorophyll. Such a chlorophyll-liquid crystal electrode produced photocurrent when it was coupled with a solution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and exposed to light. The electron transfer accompanied by the photoelectrochemical reaction is discussed.

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  1. Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, 227, Yokohama, Japan

    Masuo Aizawa, Nobukazu Suzuki, Fujio Takahashi & Shuichi Suzuki

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Aizawa, M., Suzuki, N., Takahashi, F. et al. Photoelectrochemical reaction of chlorophyll immobilized with liquid crystal on metal surface. Journal of Solid-Phase Biochemistry 2, 111–121 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991401

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