DNA dissolves single-walled carbon nanotubes in water

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 456-457

  Nakashima, Naotoshi ^a   Okuzono, Shingo ^a   Murakami, Hiroto ^b   Nakai, Tonau ^c   Yoshikawa, Kenichi ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DNA; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0041765670     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2003.456     Document Type: Article

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