Peptide-mediated formation of single-wall carbon nanotube composites

Nano Lett. 2006 Jan;6(1):40-4. doi: 10.1021/nl051899r.

Abstract

The formation of silica- and titania-coated single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) using a mutlifunctional peptide to both suspend SWNTs and direct the precipitation of silica and titania at room temperature is demonstrated.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amino Acids, Aromatic / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / ultrastructure
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry
  • Titanium / chemistry

Substances

  • Amino Acids, Aromatic
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Peptide Library
  • Peptides
  • titanium dioxide
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Titanium