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Vincent M. Friebe

Technical University of Munich
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Plasmon‐enhanced photocurrent of photosynthetic pigment proteins on nanoporous silver

VM Friebe, JD Delgado… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In a quest to fabricate novel solar energy materials, the high quantum efficiency and long
charge separated states of photosynthetic pigment‐proteins are being exploited through their …

On the biomechanical role of glycosaminoglycans in the aortic heart valve leaflet

…, R Fan, B Mikulis, M Barron, CA Carruthers, VM Friebe… - Acta biomaterialia, 2013 - Elsevier
While the role of collagen and elastin fibrous components in heart valve valvular biomechanics
has been extensively investigated, the biomechanical role of the glycosaminoglycan (…

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of a biohybrid photoelectrochemical cell employing the purple bacterial reaction centre as a biosensor for herbicides

DJK Swainsbury, VM Friebe, RN Frese… - Biosensors and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centre is a relatively robust and tractable membrane
protein that has potential for exploitation in technological applications, including biohybrid …

Photosynthetic reaction center-based biophotovoltaics

VM Friebe, RN Frese - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Photosynthesis is the principal solar energy conversion process on Earth, but is low in
overall efficiency due to numerous steps necessary to fix carbon. Tapping into the high-efficiency …

Cytochrome c Provides an Electron-Funneling Antenna for Efficient Photocurrent Generation in a Reaction Center Biophotocathode

VM Friebe, D Millo, DJK Swainsbury… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The high quantum efficiency of photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) makes them attractive
for bioelectronic and biophotovoltaic applications. However, much of the native RC …

In situ time-resolved spectroelectrochemistry reveals limitations of biohybrid photoelectrode performance

…, MR Jones, RN Frese, R Croce, VM Friebe - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Photosynthetic reaction centers catalyze the majority of solar energy conversion on the Earth.
Under low-intensity illumination, this is achieved with a near-unity quantum efficiency, …

[HTML][HTML] Polychromatic solar energy conversion in pigment-protein chimeras that unite the two kingdoms of (bacterio) chlorophyll-based photosynthesis

J Liu, VM Friebe, RN Frese, MR Jones - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Natural photosynthesis can be divided between the chlorophyll-containing plants, algae and
cyanobacteria that make up the oxygenic phototrophs and a diversity of bacteriochlorophyll-…

[HTML][HTML] On the mechanism of ubiquinone mediated photocurrent generation by a reaction center based photocathode

VM Friebe, DJK Swainsbury, PK Fyfe… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Vincent M. Friebe a 1 , David JK Swainsbury b 1 2 , Paul
K. … the Q A binding pocket formed by the pseudosymmetrical M-polypeptide. Previous X-ray …

Amperometric Biosensors: Harnessing Photosynthetic Reaction Centers for Herbicide Detection

N Modak, VM Friebe - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Amperometric biosensing, exemplified by the popular glucose biosensor, is a well-established
method for transducing analyte-receptor binding events into accessible electronic outputs…

Sustaining electron transfer pathways extends biohybrid photoelectrode stability to years

VM Friebe, AJ Barszcz, MR Jones… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The exploitation of natural photosynthetic enzymes in semi‐artificial devices constitutes an
attractive and potentially sustainable route for the conversion of solar energy into electricity …