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Semiconducting Photoactive Bilayer Lipid Membranes

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Solution Behavior of Surfactants

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One approach to the problem of understanding photosynthesis quantum conversion is to investigate the manner in which the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts achieves many of its physicochemical processes. Ideally, a great deal of information may be obtained from electrical measurements by placing of electrodes across the membrane. However, such an approach is not yet feasible for the thylakoid membrane owing to its small size. Alternatively, pigmented lipid membranes (BLMs and liposomes) are very suited for studying light transduction. This paper is concerned with certain photoeffects observed in pigmented membranes. The results are discussed in terms similar to those that occur at semiconductor/metal interfaces (Schottky barriers). General principles for electron transfer processes across the BLM are discussed. The conversion of light into electrical energy by pigmented BLM are demonstrated, and proposed schemes for the understanding of green plant photosynthesis via the thylakoid membrane are described.

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  1. Department of Biophysics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA

    H. Ti Tien

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    K. L. Mittal

  2. The Standard Oil Company (Ohio), Cleveland, Ohio, 44128, USA

    E. J. Fendler

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Tien, H.T. (1982). Semiconducting Photoactive Bilayer Lipid Membranes. In: Mittal, K.L., Fendler, E.J. (eds) Solution Behavior of Surfactants. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3491-0_11

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