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<strong>Proceedings</strong> of the 31 st European Peptide SymposiumMichal Lebl, Morten Meldal, Knud J. Jensen, Thomas Hoeg-Jensen (Editors)European Peptide Society, 2010Photocurrent Generation Through Mono- and Bi<strong>com</strong>ponentPeptide Self-Assembled Monolayers:Antenna and Junction EffectsAlessandro Porchetta 1 , Emanuela Gatto 1 , Mario Caruso 1 ,Marco Crisma 2 , Fernando Formaggio 2 , Claudio Toniolo 2 ,and Mariano Venanzi 11 Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”,Rome, 00133, Italy; 2 ICB, Padova Unit, CNR, Department of Chemistry,University of Padova, Padova, 35131, ItalyIntroductionHybrid materials obtained by functionalizing metals or semiconductors with biomoleculesor bioinspired molecular systems have been recently synthesized, paving the way for thefast-growing field of bionanoelectronics. The photocurrent generation properties of monoandbi<strong>com</strong>ponent, peptide-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) immobilized on agold surface were studied by electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques. The peptidesinvestigated were exclusively formed by C -tetrasubstituted -amino acids. These residues,due to their peculiar conformational properties [1,2], constrain the peptide in a helicalconformation, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction structure determinations, and circulardichroism and NMR experiments in solution.Results and DiscussionAn Aib ( -aminoisobutyric acid) homo-hexapeptide was functionalized at the N-terminuswith a lipoic group for immobilization to a gold substrate exploiting the strong Au-Saffinity (≈40kcal mol -1 ). The peptide was further functionalized with a pyrene chromophore(SSA6Pyr) strongly absorbing in the UV-Vis region to enhance the molecular photoncapture cross-section. A peptide with the same backbone, but lacking the pyrenechromophore (SSA6), was also synthesized as a reference <strong>com</strong>pound.SSA6SSA6PyrA photoactive octapeptide (A8Pyr), formed exclusively by C -tetrasubstituted residues and<strong>com</strong>prising a pyrene chromophore but not linked to the gold surface as it lacks the lipoicgroup, was additionally prepared for photocurrent studies of a peptide SAM:Z-Aib-Api(Pyr)-L-( Me)Val-Aib-L-( Me)Val -L-( Me)Val -Aib-Api(Boc)-NHtBu (A8Pyr)where Z is benzyloxycarbonyl, ( Me)Val is C -methyl valine, Boc is tert-butyloxycarbonyl,and Api is 4-aminopiperidine-4-carboxylic acid.ecc =330nmonofft= 60 s5 nAFig. 1. Photocurrent generation experiment on a gold electrode modified by deposition ofan SSA6Pyr film.618

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