Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes for Biocompatibility and Biomolecular Recognition

By M. Shim, Nadine Wong, S. Kam, R. Chen, Yiming Li, Hongjie Dai. 2002

798 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cell Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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In Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1. Kevin D. Welsher
2. Zhuang Liu
3. Hongjie Dai
4. S. Tabakman
5. Huajian Gao
6. Xiaoyuan Chen
7. Zhongfan Liu
8. Hailiang Wang

In Materials Chemistry

1. Zhuang Liu
2. Hongjie Dai
3. Kevin D. Welsher
4. S. Tabakman
5. Xiaoyuan Chen
6. Huajian Gao
7. C. Davis
8. Weibo Cai

Citations in the corpus

• Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Liquids (2003, background): “functionalization of protein-resistant polymers and biotin, creating a specific binding of streptavidin onto the SWNT.([226]) Amino-dextran and periodate-oxidized dextran chains have also been immobilized onto plasma treated nanotubes.”
• Carbon Nanotubes in Biology and Medicine: In vitro and in vivo Detection, Imaging and Drug Delivery (2009, background): “A proof-of-principle study demonstrated the chemically directed conjugation of streptavidin to bare SWNTs on Si/SiO2, while non-specific adsorption was prevented by a combination of Triton X100 and PEG [83].”
• Circulation and long-term fate of functionalized, biocompatible single-walled carbon nanotubes in mice probed by Raman spectroscopy (2008, background): “This result is expected because pristine carbon nanotubes have very hydrophobic surfaces and are highly nonspecific in binding to biological species (38, 39).”
• Recent progress in nanobiocatalysis for enzyme immobilization and its application (2014, positive): “prevent non-specific binding, but also for selective immobilization ofing streptavidin via the formation of a surfactantPEG-biotine conjugate [18].”
• Carbon nanotubes for biological and biomedical applications (2007, neutral): “and prevent non-specific protein absorption [31–34].”
• The emerging field of nanotube biotechnology (2003, background): “In addition, there have been several recent reports describing the attachment of biomolecules onto and into fullerene carbon nanotube”
• Effect of single wall carbon nanotubes on human HEK293 cells. (2005, background): “Carbon nanotubes can be functionalized to achieve improved properties and functions such as biocompatibility and biomolecular recognition capabilities (Shim et al., 2002; Bahr and Tour, 2002).”