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Semiconduction Parameters of Planar Bilayer Lipid Membranes in Presence of Electron Donors


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1 Department of Physics and Chemistry, Jedavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India
     

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The intrinsic semiconducting nature of bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) of oxidized cholesterol gets modified to an extrinsic one when electron acceptors/donors are present in the bathing solution. We have measured the values of band gap energy, Eg of BLM in aqueous solution of electron donors, acridine and bipyridyl and estimated the charge carrier concentration in these cases.

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Bilayer Lipid Membrane, Band Gap Energy, Electron Donors, Carrier Concentration.
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Ruma Datta
Department of Physics and Chemistry, Jedavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India
Papiya Nandy
Department of Physics and Chemistry, Jedavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India
Benoy B. Bhowmik
Department of Physics and Chemistry, Jedavpur University, Calcutta 700 032, India

Abstract


The intrinsic semiconducting nature of bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) of oxidized cholesterol gets modified to an extrinsic one when electron acceptors/donors are present in the bathing solution. We have measured the values of band gap energy, Eg of BLM in aqueous solution of electron donors, acridine and bipyridyl and estimated the charge carrier concentration in these cases.

Keywords


Bilayer Lipid Membrane, Band Gap Energy, Electron Donors, Carrier Concentration.