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Energy harvesting capability of lipid-merocyanine macromolecules: A new design and performance model development
Tayebi, Lobat,Mozafari, Masoud,El-Khouri, Rita,Rouhani, Parvaneh,Vashaee, Daryoosh
, p. 517 - 521 (2014/05/20)
Light induced cis/trans isomerization in the family of merocyanine (MC) dyes offers a recyclable proton pumping ability which can potentially be used in hybrid bio-electronic devices. In this article, a hexadecyl MC dye is embedded in lipid molecules to make a macromolecular configuration of a lipid/hexadecyl MC membrane. Lipid molecules play a critical role in stabilizing the dye in a membrane structure for practical use in energy devices. In this study, we first examined the proton pumping characteristic of the lipid/hexadecyl MC membrane in a conventional photoelectrochemical cell. Next, a major modification in the cell was introduced by eliminating I2/I-electrolyte which resulted in a two-fold increase in the open circuit voltage compared with that of the conventional cell. In addition, the charging time in the new cell was reduced approximately four orders of magnitude. This research demonstrated that the newly designed lipid- MC cell can act as a promising bioelectronic device based on the green energy of photoinduced MC dye proton pumping. Capacitor charging time reduced and open circuit voltage enhanced significantly in the newly designed lipid-merocyanine photoelectrochemical cell.
INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF A NOVEL GROUP OF SOLVATOCHROMIC ACID-BASE INDICATORS IN SELF-ASSEMBLED SURFACTANT AGGREGATES
Drummond, Calum J.,Grieser, Franz,Healy, Thomas W.
, p. 2604 - 2613 (2007/10/02)
The spectral and acid-base properties of 1-hexadecyl-4--1,4-dihydropyridine (HOED), 1-hexadecyl-5-hydroxyquinoline (H5HQ), and 1-hexadecyl-6-hydroxyquinoline (H6HQ) have been investigated to ascertain their suitability as probes of both the mean interfacial solvent properties and the electrostatic surface potential of self-assembled surfactant aggregates in aqueous solution.The results obtained indicate that the solvatochromic visible absorption band of the conjugate base form of HOED, H5HQ, and H6HQ can be utilized to obtain a resonable estimate of the mean interfacial solvent properties of self-assembled surfactant aggregates.The factors that are primarily responsible for the apparent pKa values of HOED, H5HQ, and H6HQ in most types of self-assembled surfactant aggregates have been ascertained.It is concluded that the acid-base properties of HOED, H5HQ, and H6HQ can be utilized to obtain a quantitative measure of the electrostatic surface potential of self-assembled surfactant aggregates in aqueous solution.
A Surface-Active Merocyanine Dye as a Probe of Micellar Environments
Donchi,Kevin F.,Robert, Peter G.,Ternai, Bela,Derrick, Peter J.
, p. 2199 - 2206 (2007/10/02)
The merocyanine
