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Localization and Relative Quantification of Carbon Nanotubes in Cells with Multispectral Imaging Flow Cytometry
Published on: December 12, 2013
Interfacing carbon nanotubes with living cells
Xing Chen1, Un Chong Tam, Jennifer L Czlapinski
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|May 11, 2006
Abstract:
We developed a polymer coating for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that mimics the mucin glycoprotein coating of mammalian cells. CNTs coated with these mucin mimic polymers have two novel properties: they can bind to carbohydrate receptors, providing a means for biomimetic interactions with cell surfaces, and, importantly, they are rendered nontoxic to cells.

