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Marc A. Baldo.
Kumar, Rajay, 1980-
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2005-05-19T15:30:56Z
2005-05-19T15:30:56Z
2003
2003
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Thesis (M.Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-89).
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Photosynthetic proteins are used in organic devices to generate photocurrent. A setup consisting of a monochromator and lock-in amplifiers is used to measure the photocurrent along with an HP4156 analyzer. Atomic force microscopy images are also taken including those taken with a voltage-biased tip. Some devices are shown to work initially under illumination and then fail upon subsequent illumination. A charge trapping mechanism is postulated to cause the failure. Nonetheless, the devices hold enormous potential and the preliminary results show that research in this area will be fruitful, even though evaporation of protective layers does not usually yield functional devices.
by Rajay Kumar.
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Generation of photocurrent from PSI biomolecular complexes
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