title: Immobilization of proteins on boron nitride nanotubes.
abstract: We report for the first time that proteins are immobilized on boron nitride nanotubes. It is found that there is a natural affinity of a protein to BNNT; this means that it can be immobilized on BNNT directly, without usage of an additional coupling reagent. For the most effective immobilization, noncovalently functionalized BNNTs should be used. The effect of immobilization was studied using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersion spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. zhi.chunyi@nims.go.jp
authors.forename: Chunyi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhi
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.forename: Chengchun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Dmitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Golberg
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D011506:Proteins; C017282:boron nitride