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Chemically tailored carbon nanotubes as a new toolbox for biomedicine and beyond

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Like molecules of DNA, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can display a variety of structures, but all conduct electrons and feature unique optical properties. In this perspective article, we highlight several recent works that bridge these two seemingly distant worlds. We illustrate the largely untapped potential of CNTs for biological research by exploring several developing biomedical applications utilizing nanotube semiconductors, including field effect transistor biosensors that couple high sensitivity with selectivity, and fluorophores for deep-tissue imaging whose excitation and emission wavelengths can be tuned throughout the near-IR II window simply by using defect chemistry.

Source: The Biochemist

DOI: 10.1042/bio04104010

Authors: Benjamin Barnes, Alexandra Brozenay, YuHuang Wang

Institution: University of Maryland, College Park

Language: English

Topic: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Award: Chemical Gating of a Tube-in-a-Tube Semiconductor