Photo-Switched Current through Bilayer Lipid Membrane Containing Spirobenzopyran
The current through the bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) formed from glyceryl-1-monoolein (GMO) and spirobenzopyran with a long alkyl chain (1) increased upon UV light irradiation and decreased upon subsequent irradiation of visible light during the voltage application. This photoinduced increase in the current suggests that defects in BLM are formed as pass ways for ions associated with the conformational change of 1.