TY  - JOUR
N1  - Open Access
ID  - open1914
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901555/
A1  - Kumar, Saurav
A1  - Bagchi, Sudeshna
A1  - Prasad, E.Senthil
A1  - Sharma, Anupma
A1  - Kumar, Ritesh
A1  - Kaur, Rishemjit
A1  - Singh, Jagvir
A1  - Bhondekar, Amol P
Y1  - 2016///
N2  - Zinc oxide (ZnO) and bacteriorhodopsin (bR) hybrid nanostructures were fabricated by immobilizing bR on ZnO thin films and ZnO nanorods. The morphological and spectroscopic analysis of the hybrid structures confirmed the ZnO thin film/nanorod growth and functional properties of bR. The photoactivity results of the bR protein further corroborated the sustainability of its charge transport property and biological activity. When exposed to ethanol vapour (reducing gas) at low temperature (70 °C), the fabricated sensing elements showed a significant increase in resistivity, as opposed to the conventional n-type behaviour of bare ZnO nanostructures. This work opens up avenues towards the fabrication of low temperature, photoactivated, nanomaterial-biomolecule hybrid gas sensors.
PB  -  Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften
JF  - Beilstein journal of nanotechnology
VL  - 7
KW  - amphipol
KW  -  bacteriorhodopsin
KW  -  bio-hybrid
KW  -  gas sensing
KW  -  ITO
KW  -  ZnO nanostructure
SN  - 2190-4286
TI  - Bacteriorhodopsin-ZnO hybrid as a potential sensing element for low-temperature detection of ethanol vapour.
SP  - 501
EP  - 10
ER  -