Engineered carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) protein-suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes in water.
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.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO 80401-3393, USA.
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Ai
Xin
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McDonald
Timothy J
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Long
Hai
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Ding
Shi-You
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Himmel
Michael E
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Rumbles
Garry
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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
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