在金电极上自组装核黄素层中观察到类似半导体的行为和负微分效应。
Semiconductive-like behaviour and negative differential effect observed in self-assembled riboflavin layer on gold electrodes.
作者信息
Zullkifli Akmal Fathurrahman, Nofil Mohammad, Thimmarayappa Chethan C, Elumalai Prince Nishchal Narayanaswamy, Talebi Sara, Iwamoto Mitsumasa, Periasamy Vengadesh
机构信息
Low Dimensional Materials Research Centre (LDMRC), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
eProfiler Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Suite 3.5, Level 3, UM Innovation Incubator Complex, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
出版信息
Heliyon. 2024 Oct 15;10(20):e39411. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39411. eCollection 2024 Oct 30.
Riboflavin or vitamin B2 plays significant roles in metabolic reactions and energy production, establishing it as an important research subject in biology and medicine. While there are numerous riboflavin-related publications in these fields, interrogation of its electronic properties in relation to the physiological function at the cellular level remains obscure due to technological challenges. However, progress in molecular electronics and the discovery of the semiconductor-like behaviour of biomolecules in recent times have initiated growing interest in exploring the electronic properties of these materials for potential bioelectronic device applications. In this work, we demonstrate novel semiconductor-like behaviour in riboflavin within a gold/Riboflavin/gold Schottky junction. We observed the occurrence of two negative differential resistance peaks at low voltages of 1.5 and 2.0 V, probably the first-ever report of this effect in a biomolecule. Interestingly, the proposed mechanism simulates a single Schottky junction behaviour despite the physical existence of two junctions. Solid-state parameters such as turn-on voltage, shunt resistance, and ideality factor were also calculated using Conventional and Cheung and Cheung's methods. The results were highly characteristic to the riboflavin studied when compared to previous works on biomolecules. This opens up the possibility of developing solid-state sensors for electronically characterising biomolecules like vitamins to help advance our understanding of the electronic properties of these essential nutrients.
核黄素或维生素B2在代谢反应和能量产生中发挥着重要作用,使其成为生物学和医学领域的一个重要研究课题。虽然在这些领域有大量与核黄素相关的出版物,但由于技术挑战,在细胞水平上研究其与生理功能相关的电子特性仍不明确。然而,近年来分子电子学的进展以及生物分子类似半导体行为的发现,引发了人们对探索这些材料的电子特性以用于潜在生物电子器件应用的兴趣日益浓厚。在这项工作中,我们在金/核黄素/金肖特基结中展示了核黄素中新型的类似半导体行为。我们观察到在1.5伏和2.0伏的低电压下出现了两个负微分电阻峰,这可能是首次在生物分子中报道这种效应。有趣的是,尽管实际存在两个结,但所提出的机制模拟了单个肖特基结的行为。还使用传统方法以及张和张的方法计算了诸如开启电压、并联电阻和理想因子等固态参数。与先前关于生物分子的研究相比,结果对所研究的核黄素具有高度特征性。这为开发固态传感器以电子方式表征维生素等生物分子开辟了可能性,有助于推进我们对这些必需营养素电子特性的理解。
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