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Fluorescence of Two-dimensional Patterned Photosynthetic Proteins onto Gold surface

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Photosynthetic membrane proteins convert solar light into chemical energy in a significantly high efficiency. Up-to-date reports of the photosynthetic bacterium suggest that such effective light conversion is due to the energy transfer between two light-harvesting (LH) protein complexes that are patterned in two dimensions. In this report, LH complex isolated from Rb. sphaeroides was immobilized onto a patterned gold surface with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and lipid bilayers at two main objectives: (1) micron-scale patterning of LH complex, and (2) prevention of quenching for pattern observation.

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  1. The University of Electro-communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan

    Rei A. Furukawa & Shinji Nozaki

  2. Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan

    Shunsuke Yajima & Takehisa Dewa

  3. Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan

    Mamoru Nango

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Furukawa, R.A., Yajima, S., Nozaki, S. et al. Fluorescence of Two-dimensional Patterned Photosynthetic Proteins onto Gold surface. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1301, 63–66 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.70

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