Polymerization from the surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes− preparation and characterization of nanocomposites

Z Yao, N Braidy, GA Botton… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes were functionalized along their sidewalls with phenol
groups using the 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. These phenols could be further …

Carbon nanotube array-based biosensor

S Sotiropoulou, NA Chaniotakis - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2003 - Springer
Aligned multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNT) grown on platinum substrate are used for the
development of an amperometric biosensor. The opening and functionalization by oxidation …

Rapidly functionalized, water-dispersed carbon nanotubes at high concentration

Y Wang, Z Iqbal, S Mitra - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Microwave-assisted functionalization of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in a mixture
of nitric and sulfuric acids was carried out to synthesize highly water-dispersible nanotubes …

Applications of polymers for biomolecule immobilization in electrochemical biosensors

FRR Teles, LP Fonseca - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2008 - Elsevier
Polymers are becoming inseparable from biomolecule immobilization strategies and
biosensor platforms. Their original role as electrical insulators has been progressively …

Applications of carbon nanotubes in biotechnology and biomedicine

E Bekyarova, Y Ni, EB Malarkey… - Journal of …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Due to their electrical, chemical, mechanical and thermal properties, carbon nanotubes are
one of the most promising materials for the electronics, computer and aerospace industries …

Delivery of telomerase reverse transcriptase small interfering RNA in complex with positively charged single-walled carbon nanotubes suppresses tumor growth

Z Zhang, X Yang, Y Zhang, B Zeng, S Wang, T Zhu… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: To determine whether-CONH-(CH2) 6-NH3+ Cl− functionalized single-walled
carbon nanotubes (SWNT) carrying complexed small interfering RNA (siRNA) can enter into …

Synthesis and characterization of water soluble single-walled carbon nanotube graft copolymers

B Zhao, H Hu, A Yu, D Perea… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Poly (aminobenzene sulfonic acid)(PABS) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) were covalently
attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to form water-soluble graft …

Carbon-nanotube-modified glassy carbon electrodes for amplified label-free electrochemical detection of DNA hybridization

J Wang, AN Kawde, M Musameh - Analyst, 2003 - pubs.rsc.org
The preparation and attractive performance of carbon-nanotube modified glassy-carbon
(CNT/GC) electrodes for improved detection of purines, nucleic acids, and DNA …

Covalent coupling of quantum dots to multiwalled carbon nanotubes for electronic device applications

S Ravindran, S Chaudhary, B Colburn, M Ozkan… - Nano Letters, 2003 - ACS Publications
We report the controlled synthesis of multiwalled carbon nanotube− quantum dot (CNT-QD)
heterojunctions using the ethylene carbodiimide coupling procedure (EDC). Thiol-stabilized …

A review of DNA functionalized/grafted carbon nanotubes and their characterization

S Daniel, TP Rao, KS Rao, SU Rani, GRK Naidu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2007 - Elsevier
The functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are believed to be very promising in the fields
such as preparation of functional and composite materials and biological technologies …