Published January 26, 2022 | Version Published
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On the origin of chaotrope-modulated electrocatalytic activity of Cytochrome c at electrified aqueous|organic interfaces

Creators

  • 1. The Bernal Institute and Department of Chemical Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Limerick (UL), Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland.
  • 2. The Bernal Institute and Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, University of Limerick (UL), Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland.
  • 3. Department of Chemical Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Limerick (UL), Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland.
  • 4. Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour les Matériaux et l'Environnement, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LCPME, F-54000 Nancy, France.

Description

Electrochemical, spectroscopic and computational methods are used to demonstrate that electrified aqueous|organic interfaces are a suitable bio-mimetic platform to study and contrast the accelerated electrocatalytic activity of Cytochrome c towards the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the presence of denaturing agents such as guanidinium chloride and urea.

Notes

AG-Q acknowledges an Irish Research Council (IRC) Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship (GOIPD/2018/252). DT acknowledges support under SFI awards number 15/CDA/3491 and 12/RC/2275_P2.

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Designing Reactive Functionalised Soft Interfaces _ Self-healing soft materials for solar energy conversion, energy storage, and sustainable low cost hydrogen production 13/SIRG/2137
Science Foundation Ireland
SOFT-PHOTOCONVERSION – Solar Energy Conversion without Solid State Architectures: Pushing the Boundaries of Photoconversion Efficiencies at Self-healing Photosensitiser Functionalised Soft Interfaces 716792
European Commission