Interfacing carbon nanotubes with living cells.
We developed a polymer coating for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that mimics the mucin glycoprotein coating of mammalian cells. CNTs coated with these mucin mimic polymers have two novel properties: they can bind to carbohydrate receptors, providing a means for biomimetic interactions with cell surfaces, and, importantly, they are rendered nontoxic to cells.
Chen
Xing
X
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Tam
Un Chong
UC
Czlapinski
Jennifer L
JL
Lee
Goo Soo
GS
Rabuka
David
D
Zettl
Alex
A
Bertozzi
Carolyn R
CR