Conductance of α-Helical Peptides Trapped within Molecular Junctions
- 12 September 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Vol. 110 (39), 19671-19677
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp063073z
Abstract
Self-assembled monolayers of α-helical peptides on a gold surface were employed as model systems for the investigation of mediated electron transfer. The peptides contained 14, 15, 16, and 17 amino acid residues. The measurements of electron transmission through single molecules of helical peptides were performed using scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS). The molecules were trapped between the gold tip and the substrate. Electrical contact between the molecule and the gold probe was achieved by the use of peptides containing thiol groups present at each end of the helix. The conductance behavior of the peptides was examined as a function of tip−substrate distance at fixed bias voltage. Measurements performed with peptides containing different numbers of amino acid residues indicate that the distance dependence of electron transmission through an α-helix is weaker than that through simple n-alkyl bridges.Keywords
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