Tuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping
Charge migration for electron transfer via the polypeptide matrix of proteins is a key process in biological energy conversion and signaling systems. It is sensitive to the sequence of amino acids composing the protein and, therefore, offers a tool for chemical control of charge transport across bio...
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National Academy of Sciences
2016
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| author | Guo, C Yu, X Refaely-Abramson, S Sepunaru, L Bendikov, T Pecht, I Kronik, L Vilan, A Sheves, M Cahen, D |
| author_facet | Guo, C Yu, X Refaely-Abramson, S Sepunaru, L Bendikov, T Pecht, I Kronik, L Vilan, A Sheves, M Cahen, D |
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| description | Charge migration for electron transfer via the polypeptide matrix of proteins is a key process in biological energy conversion and signaling systems. It is sensitive to the sequence of amino acids composing the protein and, therefore, offers a tool for chemical control of charge transport across biomaterial-based devices. We designed a series of linear oligoalanine peptides with a single tryptophan substitution that acts as a "dopant," introducing an energy level closer to the electrodes' Fermi level than that of the alanine homopeptide. We investigated the solid-state electron transport (ETp) across a self-assembled monolayer of these peptides between gold contacts. The single tryptophan "doping" markedly increased the conductance of the peptide chain, especially when its location in the sequence is close to the electrodes. Combining inelastic tunneling spectroscopy, UV photoelectron spectroscopy, electronic structure calculations by advanced density-functional theory, and dc current-voltage analysis, the role of tryptophan in ETp is rationalized by charge tunneling across a heterogeneous energy barrier, via electronic states of alanine and tryptophan, and by relatively efficient direct coupling of tryptophan to a Au electrode. These results reveal a controlled way of modulating the electrical properties of molecular junctions by tailor-made "building block" peptides. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:2bcadae4-5110-45e1-901b-d7043d353cf82022-03-26T12:33:15ZTuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan dopingJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:2bcadae4-5110-45e1-901b-d7043d353cf8EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordNational Academy of Sciences2016Guo, CYu, XRefaely-Abramson, SSepunaru, LBendikov, TPecht, IKronik, LVilan, ASheves, MCahen, DCharge migration for electron transfer via the polypeptide matrix of proteins is a key process in biological energy conversion and signaling systems. It is sensitive to the sequence of amino acids composing the protein and, therefore, offers a tool for chemical control of charge transport across biomaterial-based devices. We designed a series of linear oligoalanine peptides with a single tryptophan substitution that acts as a "dopant," introducing an energy level closer to the electrodes' Fermi level than that of the alanine homopeptide. We investigated the solid-state electron transport (ETp) across a self-assembled monolayer of these peptides between gold contacts. The single tryptophan "doping" markedly increased the conductance of the peptide chain, especially when its location in the sequence is close to the electrodes. Combining inelastic tunneling spectroscopy, UV photoelectron spectroscopy, electronic structure calculations by advanced density-functional theory, and dc current-voltage analysis, the role of tryptophan in ETp is rationalized by charge tunneling across a heterogeneous energy barrier, via electronic states of alanine and tryptophan, and by relatively efficient direct coupling of tryptophan to a Au electrode. These results reveal a controlled way of modulating the electrical properties of molecular junctions by tailor-made "building block" peptides. |
| spellingShingle | Guo, C Yu, X Refaely-Abramson, S Sepunaru, L Bendikov, T Pecht, I Kronik, L Vilan, A Sheves, M Cahen, D Tuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping |
| title | Tuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping |
| title_full | Tuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping |
| title_fullStr | Tuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping |
| title_short | Tuning electronic transport via hepta-alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping |
| title_sort | tuning electronic transport via hepta alanine peptides junction by tryptophan doping |
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