title: Hierarchical carbon nanotube assemblies created by sugar-boric or boronic acid interactions.
abstract: We previously found that polysaccharide "schizophyllan (SPG)" can entrap as-grown and cut single-walled carbon nanotubes (as-SWNTs and c-SWNTs, respectively): we here reported that the c-SWNT-s-SPG (single stranded SPG) composites thus obtained can be aligned regularly using the covalent bond formation between boric acid or boronic acid derivatives and the 4,6-dihydroxyl group of the glucose side-chain unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamesue
authors.forename: Munenori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Numata
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Tony D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinkai
mesh_terms: D001888:Boric Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon
chemical_list: D001888:Boric Acids; D001897:Boronic Acids; D002241:Carbohydrates; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; C032688:boric acid