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Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University volume39 issue1
2005-01 発行

Immobilization of Photoelectric Dye on the Polyethylene FilmSurface

Ishimaru, Sanae
Shimamura, Kaoru
Uji, Akihito
Publication Date
2005-01
Abstract
PE film was treated with fuming nitric acid at 80℃ for 20 min, resulting in introduction of COOH moieties on the film surface. The COOH’s were reacted with ethylenediamine, whose amino groups were used for linking with (2-[4-(dibutylamino)phenyl]ethenyl)-3-carboxy-methylbenzo-thiazolium, photoelectric dye (NK-5962), which absorbs visible light and converts the photon energy to electric potentials. The dye molecules were immobilized on the PE film surface and they were able to stimulate chick retinal tissues on incidence of visible light. These facts hopefully lead to development of an artificial retinal prosthesis.
ISSN
0475-0071
NCID
AA10699856
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