Metalloproteins

Many vital functions of living organisms like respiration, photosynthesis or nitrogen fixation rely on the ability of complex metal-ion containing molecules called metalloproteins to induce and sustain finely tuned sequences of chemical processes by exchanging electrons with fellow molecules. We aim to obtain a quasi-atomistic picture of individual metalloprotein redox behaviour in tip-surface junctions to improve our understanding, for example, of the (mal)functioning of metalloproteins in relation to physiological diseases or biophysical processes.

_{Domke, Katrin F.; Aragonès, Albert C.
Playing catch and release with single molecules : Mechanistic insights into plasmon-controlled nanogaps
In: Nanoscale, Vol. 15, 2022, Nr. 2, pp. 497 – 506
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_{Aragonès, Albert C.; Domke, Katrin F.
Nearfield trapping increases lifetime of single-molecule junction by one order of magnitude
In: Cell Reports Physical Science, Vol. 2, 2021, Nr. 4, 100389
DOI (Open Access)}