title: A water-soluble carbon nanotube network conjugated by nanoparticles with defined nanometre gaps.
abstract: Cage-shaped proteins with an affinity for carbonaceous materials were constructed and used to assemble a nanostructure in which single-walled carbon nanotubes are surrounded by cobalt oxide nanoparticles with nanometre gaps. By changing the size of proteins and materials incorporated inside the cavity, similar structures with distinctively different properties can be fabricated.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan.
authors.forename: Mime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yukiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uraoka
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamashita