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Published on: September 10, 2012
Beta-1,3-glucan (schizophyllan) can act as a one-dimensional host for creation of novel poly(aniline) nanofiber
Munenori Numata1, Teruaki Hasegawa, Tomohisa Fujisawa
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Abstract:
We here demonstrate the creation of novel poly(aniline) (PANI) nanofiber structures by a polymer wrapping method using schizophyllan (SPG). Mannose-modified SPG can also wrap PANIs to give nanofibers having a lectin affinity. This interaction is applicable to designing novel PANI/protein composites. The results establish that SPG can act as a novel "host" to assemble PANIs into one-dimensional superstructures. [reaction: see text]
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