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Engineering Molecular Recognition with Bio-mimetic Polymers on Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Published on: January 10, 2017
Non-covalent attachment of proteins to single-walled carbon nanotubes
Luís F F Neves1, Ta-Wei Tsai, Naveen R Palwai
1School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, and Carbon Nanotube Technology Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
Abstract:
A method for the non-covalent attachment of proteins to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is described. In this method, the protein is adsorbed to SWNTs that are suspended using sodium cholate, a surfactant and bile salt. The sodium cholate is then removed by dialysis with retention of the protein on the SWNTs. This method has resulted in good protein loadings and good retention of protein activity.
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