2022
Microbial biofilms as living photoconductors due to ultrafast electron transfer in cytochrome OmcS nanowires
Neu J, Shipps CC, Guberman-Pfeffer MJ, Shen C, Srikanth V, Spies JA, Kirchhofer ND, Yalcin SE, Brudvig GW, Batista VS, Malvankar NS. Microbial biofilms as living photoconductors due to ultrafast electron transfer in cytochrome OmcS nanowires. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 5150. PMID: 36071037, PMCID: PMC9452534, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32659-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrafast electron transferElectron transferPhotoconductive atomic force microscopyFemtosecond transient absorption spectroscopyQuantum dynamics simulationsMicrobial electron transferAtomic force microscopyTransient absorption spectroscopyValue-added chemicalsIndividual nanowiresWhole-cell catalysisPhotoconductive materialForce microscopyCarrier densityCatalytic performanceNanowiresAbsorption spectroscopyPhotoactive proteinsEfficient productionPhotoconductorsSynthetic photosensitizersDynamics simulationsGeobacter sulfurreducensBiodegradable materialsElectronic interface
2019
Structure of Microbial Nanowires Reveals Stacked Hemes that Transport Electrons over Micrometers
Wang F, Gu Y, O’Brien J, Yi SM, Yalcin SE, Srikanth V, Shen C, Vu D, Ing NL, Hochbaum AI, Egelman EH, Malvankar NS. Structure of Microbial Nanowires Reveals Stacked Hemes that Transport Electrons over Micrometers. Cell 2019, 177: 361-369.e10. PMID: 30951668, PMCID: PMC6720112, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.03.029.Peer-Reviewed Original Research