Bioelectrochemistry

The bioelectrochemistry is a branch of biophysical chemistry, which deals with topics such as cell electron - proton transport, cell membrane potentials and electrode reactions of redox enzymes.

History

The beginnings of bioelectrochemistry, as well as the electrochemistry are closely related to the physiology and go back to work by 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, which can be attributed to different ion concentrations in cell membranes.

The field of bioelectrochemistry has over the last century become increasingly important and established close connections to various other medical disciplines. The achievements in this area have been awarded several Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.