Photosensitized electron transport across lipid vesicle walls: quantum yield dependence on sensitizer concentration
An amphiphilic tris(2,2'-bipyridine)ruthenium(2+) derivative that is incorporated into the walls of phosphatidylcholine vesicles photosensitizes the irreversible oxidation of ethylenediaminetetraacetate(3-) dissolved in the inner aqueous compartments of the vesicle suspension and the one-electron reduction of heptylviologen(2+) dissolved in the continuous aqueous phase. The quantum yield of viologen radical production depends on the phospholipid-to-ruthenium complex mole ratio. A kinetic model is used to derive an order-of-magnitude estimate for the rate constant of electron transport across the vesicle walls. The results are inconsistent with a diffusional mechanism for electron transport and are interpreted in terms of electron exchange.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California, Berkeley
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5308264
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States) Vol. 76:8; ISSN PNASA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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