title: Engineered carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) protein-suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes in water.
abstract: Engineered protein, CtCBM4, the first carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) protein is successfully used to debundle and suspend single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) effectively in aqueous solution, which opens up a new avenue in further functionalizing and potential selectively fractionating SWNTs for diverse biology- and/or energy-related applications.
authors.affiliation: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO 80401-3393, USA.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Shi-You
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Himmel
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rumbles
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D048013:Acetivibrio thermocellus / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D015202:Protein Engineering; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C535194:CBM4 protein, Clostridium thermocellum; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C055213:saccharide-binding proteins; D014867:Water; D002482:Cellulose