Abstract
Pass it on! Highly conductive silver nanoparticles (NPs; see picture) act as efficient electron relays on a pyrolytic graphite (PG) electrode, and heavily negatively charged silver NPs provide suitable docking sites for positively charged cytochrome c (cyt c). Direct, well-defined electrochemistry of cyt c is obtained at an assembled silver NPs/PG electrode surface, which results in an electron-transfer rate of 15.8 s-1 for cyt c. The usage of silver NPs will open new opportunities for studying in vitro electron-transfer processes of heme protein and for fabrication of bioelectronic devices.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1364-1366 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | ChemPhysChem |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 15 2003 |
Keywords
- Cyclic voltammetry
- Cytochromes
- Electrochemistry
- Nanostructure
- Silver
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry