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Tubulin Encapsulation of Carbon Nanotubes into Functional Hybrid Assemblies
Author(s) -
Dinu Cerasela Zoica,
Bale Shyam Sundhar,
Zhu Guangyu,
Dordick Jonathan S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200801434
Subject(s) - encapsulation (networking) , carbon nanotube , nanotechnology , materials science , computer science , computer network
Functional multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) are obtained by conjugation of MWNTs with tubulin. In vitro polymerization of tubulin–MWNT conjugates with excess free tubulin results in the microtubules encapsulating the MWNTs to yeild nanotube‐based biohybrids. The functional biohybrids are manipulated on kinesin‐coated surfaces. This strategy represents a new paradigm for the design of hierarchical supramolecular assemblies.