Self-assembly of chemically engineered hydrophilic dextran into microscopic tubules

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1176-1182

  Sun, Guoming ^a,c   Chu, Chih Chang ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextran; Hdrophilic; Polysaccharide; Self assembly; Tubule

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC COPOLYMERS; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; CHLOROACETIC ACIDS; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; HDROPHILIC; HOLLOW STRUCTURE; HOMOPOLYMERS; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION; SALT CONCENTRATION; SELF-ASSEMBLED; TUBULAR STRUCTURES; TUBULE; X-RAY STUDIES;

DEXTRAN; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

GLUCOSE;

DEXTRAN; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DEXTRANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 66949162197     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800704q     Document Type: Article

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