2014
Photoelectrochemical Hole Injection Revealed in Polyoxotitanate Nanocrystals Functionalized with Organic Adsorbates
Negre CF, Young KJ, Oviedo M, Allen LJ, Sánchez C, Jarzembska KN, Benedict JB, Crabtree RH, Coppens P, Brudvig GW, Batista VS. Photoelectrochemical Hole Injection Revealed in Polyoxotitanate Nanocrystals Functionalized with Organic Adsorbates. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2014, 136: 16420-16429. PMID: 25337894, DOI: 10.1021/ja509270f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOrganic adsorbatesVisible lightInterfacial charge transferQuantum dynamics simulationsEPR spectroscopyCharge transferPhotocathodic currentPhotoelectrochemical measurementsHole injectionCovalent attachmentCovalent bindingDynamics simulationsAdsorbatesNanocrystalsSurface statesThin layerAcetylacetonateNanoparticlesSpectroscopyElectrodeFirst timeTiO2FTO
2013
Spectral Tuning in Halorhodopsin: The Chloride Pump Photoreceptor
Pal R, Sekharan S, Batista V. Spectral Tuning in Halorhodopsin: The Chloride Pump Photoreceptor. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2013, 135: 9624-9627. PMID: 23777372, DOI: 10.1021/ja404600z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKey amino acid residuesIon translocation pathwayAmino acid residuesSpectral tuningInternal water moleculesTranslocation pathwaySpecific hydrogen bondsHalobacterium salinarumAcid residuesMolecular levelStructural rearrangementsAnion transportCl depletionPhotoreceptorsInduces changesHalorhodopsinRetinyl chromophoreSalinarumMutationsResiduesPathwayFirst time