Biography
Biography: Shachar Richter
Abstract
In bio-electronics one attempts to explore the nature of conductivity in biological systems such as DNA, Peptide and proteins. Since some of these macromolecules are relatively large and can be attached to metal leads, one can investigate their electrical properties in the solid-phase and construct nano-sized devices in which the biological layers serve as the active part of the device.In this talk I will describe our experimental approaches to bio- electronics and bio-optoelectronics materials and devices.Specifically several examples will be shown: (i) Engineered Light-emitting biomaterials, which are made using the efficient nanometric separation in certain type of proteins, (ii) Control over the electrical properties of nano-sized junctions via “natural” and site-controlled doping of proteins monolayers, and (iv) construction and operation of reliable and reproducible bio-transistors.