@article{ac8e7299123241b7b8c1d1b392a45659,
title = "Photomodulation of electrical conductivity of a PCBM-doped free-standing lipid bilayer in buffer solution",
abstract = "The self-assembled bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) is a basic component in cell membranes. BLMs have gigaohm-level electrical resistivities and work as barrier walls for cells. In this study, the electrical conductivities across free-standing, phenyl‑C61‑butyricacid‑methyl ester (PC60BM)-doped BLMs in a buffer solution are investigated to confirm their applicability for electronic biodevices. An apparent increase in the current across the BLM due to exposure to Xe-lamp light with wavelengths ranging from 888 to 300 nm is observed, compared to non-doped BLMs. It is possible that the doped PCBM works as a carrier mediator for electrons and/or ions in the buffer solution. The possibility of making artificial electronic valves using the BLM is discussed in this paper.",
keywords = "Bilayer lipid membrane, Electronic biodevice, PCBM, Photomodulation",
author = "Kensaku Kanomata and Takafumi Deguchi and Teng Ma and Takumi Haseyama and Masanori Miura and Daichi Yamaura and Daisuke Tadaki and Michio Niwano and Ayumi Hirano-Iwata and Fumihiko Hirose",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by JST-CREST Grant Number JPMJCR14F3 , Japan. It was also partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 15H03536 and 16K17494 . Financial support from Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University is also acknowledged. Some of the equipment used in this research was manufactured by a technical staff member Kento Abe, at the machine shop division of Fundamental Technology Center, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University. Funding Information: This work was supported by JST-CREST Grant Number JPMJCR14F3, Japan. It was also partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 15H03536 and 16K17494. Financial support from Nation-wide Cooperative Research Projects, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University is also acknowledged. Some of the equipment used in this research was manufactured by a technical staff member Kento Abe, at the machine shop division of Fundamental Technology Center, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.10.039",
language = "English",
volume = "832",
pages = "55--58",
journal = "Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry",
issn = "1572-6657",
publisher = "Elsevier Sequoia",
}