Bioelectrochemistry
The electrochemistry is a branch of biophysical chemistry that deals with issues such as cell-electron proton transport, cell membrane potentials and electrode reactions of redox - enzymes employed.
history
The beginnings of bioelectrochemistry, as well as electrochemistry , are closely related to physiology and go back to the work of Luigi Galvani , Alessandro Volta and Johann Wilhelm Ritter .
The first modern work in this area comes from the German physiologist Julius Bernstein (1902) and deals with the development of biopotentials that can be traced back to different ion concentrations in cell membranes .
The field of bioelectrochemistry has grown in importance over the last century and has established close connections to various other medical disciplines. Achievements in this area have been awarded several Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Electrochemistry Encyclopedia
Web links
- Klaus-Michael Mangold, DECHEMA Research Institute : Electroorganic Synthesis and Bioelectrochemistry (PDF; 735 kB)