Conductivity of individual Geobacter pili

Abstract

Measurements of the conductivity of hydrated individual pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens that were not subjected to chemical fixation revealed conductivity along cytochrome-free regions comparable to conducting organic polymer nanowires of similar diameter.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Source ID
10.1039/c5ra28092c

Entities

People

  • Derek R. Lovley
  • Mark T. Tuominen
  • Nikhil S. Malvankar
  • Ramesh Y. Adhikari

Organizations

  • Amherst College
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund
  • Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Army
  • University of Massachusetts

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics