Interactions of Carbon Nanotubes with Biomolecules: Advances and Challenges

Advanced Nanomaterials

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 715-742

  Nepal, Dhriti ^a,b   Geckeler, Kurt E ^a,c  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Department of Nanobio Materials and Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomolecules; Carbon nanotubes; Debundalization; Dispersion; DNA; Functionalization; Proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053390917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628940.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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