Bacteriorhodopsin-based bipolar photosensor for biomimetic sensing

Katsuyuki Kasai; Yoshihiro Haruyama; Toshiki Yamada; Makoto Akiba; Yukihiro Tominari; Takahiro Kaji; Toshifumi Terui; Ferdinand Peper; Shukichi Tanaka; Yoshitada Katagiri; Hiroshi Kikuchi; Yoshiko Okada-Shudo; Akira Otomo

doi:10.1117/12.2026517

1 October 2013 Bacteriorhodopsin-based bipolar photosensor for biomimetic sensing

Katsuyuki Kasai, Yoshihiro Haruyama, Toshiki Yamada, Makoto Akiba, Yukihiro Tominari, Takahiro Kaji, Toshifumi Terui, Ferdinand Peper, Shukichi Tanaka, Yoshitada Katagiri, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Yoshiko Okada-Shudo, Akira Otomo

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Proceedings Volume 8817, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications VI; 88170N (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026517
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is a promising biomaterial for several applications. Optical excitation of bR at an electrode-electrolyte interface generates differential photocurrents while an incident light is turned on and off. This unique functional response is similar to that seen in retinal neurons. The bR-based bipolar photosensor consists of the bR dip-coated thin films patterned on two ITO plates and the electrolyte solution. This bipolar photocell will function as a biomimetic photoreceptor cell. The bipolar structure, due to the photocurrent being generated in alignment with the cathodic direction, makes the excitatory and inhibitory regions possible. This scheme shows our bipolar cell can act as a basic unit of edge detection and forms the artificial visual receptive field.

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Katsuyuki Kasai, Yoshihiro Haruyama, Toshiki Yamada, Makoto Akiba, Yukihiro Tominari, Takahiro Kaji, Toshifumi Terui, Ferdinand Peper, Shukichi Tanaka, Yoshitada Katagiri, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Yoshiko Okada-Shudo, and Akira Otomo "Bacteriorhodopsin-based bipolar photosensor for biomimetic sensing", Proc. SPIE 8817, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications VI, 88170N (1 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026517

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