Carbon nanotubes as templates for polymerized lipid assemblies

被引：53

作者：

Thauvin, Cedric ^{[1
]}

Rickling, Stephane ^{[1
]}

Schultz, Patrick ^{[2
]}

Celia, Herve ^{[3
]}

Meunier, Stephane ^{[1
]}

Mioskowski, Charles ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Louis Pasteur Strasbourg 1, Fac Pharm, CNRS, ULP,UMR7175 LC1,Lab Synth Bioorgan, F-67401 Illkirch Graffenstaden, France

[2] Inst Genet & Biol Mol & Cellulaire, INSERM, Dept Biol & Genom Struct, U596,CNRS,ULP,UMR7104, F-67400 Illkirch Graffenstaden, France

[3] Ecole Super Biotechnol Strasbourg, Dept Recepteurs & Prot Membranaires, CNRS, ULP,UMR7175 LC1, F-67412 Illkirch Graffenstaden, France

来源：

NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY | 2008年 / 3卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1038/nnano.2008.318

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

Amphiphilic molecules-molecules that have both hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties-can self-assemble in water to form diverse structures such as micelles, vesicles and tubes(1-3), and these nanostructures can be used for delivering drugs(4,5), stabilizing membrane proteins(6) or as nanoreactors(7). We have previously shown that lipids can self-organize on the surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes into regular ring-shaped assemblies(8). Here we show that these lipid assemblies can be polymerized and isolated from the nanotube template by application of an electric field. We also demonstrate that these assemblies are monodispersed, water-soluble, and can dissolve various hydrophobic rylene dyes, fullerenes and membrane proteins. The stability of these constructs and their diverse applications will be useful in the fields of cosmetics, medicine and material sciences.

引用

页码：743 / 748

页数：6

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