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Aligning a Single‐Lipid Nanotube with Moderate Stiffness
Author(s) -
Frusawa Hiroshi,
Fukagawa Akihiro,
Ikeda Yuki,
Araki Jun,
Ito Kohzo,
John George,
Shimizu Toshimi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390056
Subject(s) - nanotube , materials science , bent molecular geometry , optical tweezers , stiffness , nanotechnology , modulus , dispersion (optics) , line (geometry) , simple (philosophy) , optics , carbon nanotube , composite material , physics , geometry , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology
Bendy tubes : Lipid nanotubes can be aligned by a novel and simple method, whereby a fine line of a single nanotube is drawn freely by microinjecting the aqueous dispersion onto a glass plate. This technique is simple and highly adaptable; even words can be written (see picture)! The tubes can be bent and their Young's modulus measured by manipulation with optical tweezers.