Covalently functionalized nanotubes as nanometresized probes in chemistry and biology

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6688, 1998, Pages 52-55

  Wong, Stanislaus S ^a   Joselevich, Ernesto ^a   Woolley, Adam T ^a   Cheung, Chin Li ^a   Lieber, Charles M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COVALENT BOND; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTRONICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGAND BINDING; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGY; CARBON; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR PROBES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032474758     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27873     Document Type: Article

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