TY - JOUR T1 - Gold Nanoparticles Surface Plasmon Field Effects on the Proton Pump Process of the Bacteriorhodopsin Photosynthesis JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society Y1 - 2009 A1 - Biesso, A. A1 - Qian, Wei A1 - Huang, Xiaohua A1 - El-Sayed, Mostafa A AB - The rate of the proton pump of bacteriorhodopsin photosynthetic system is examined in the presence of a gold nanorod plasmon field. It is found that while the rate of the proton dissociation from the protonated Schiff base is not affected, the rate of its reprotonation increases. These results are qualitatively discussed in terms of several possible mechanisms. VL - 131 SN - 0002-7863 N1 - Biesso, Arianna Qian, Wei Huang, Xiaohua El-Sayed, Mostafa A. M3 - 10.1021/ja8088873 ER -