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Grafting Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Highly Hybridizable DNA Sequences: Potential Building Blocks for DNA‐Programmed Material Assembly
Author(s) -
Li Yulin,
Han Xiaogang,
Deng Zhaoxiang
Publication year - 2007
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.200701748
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , dna , materials science , grafting , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , chemistry , composite material , polymer , biochemistry , composite number
Carbon nanotubes made smart : Single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) bearing multiple highly hybridizable DNA sequences were prepared, and the hybridization‐driven aggregation and redispersion of the conjugates were realized (see picture). The DNA–SWNT conjugates could be used as building blocks for DNA‐programmed material self‐assembly and should be able to parallel or even outperform regularly employed systems.