title: Heat and light dual switching of a single-walled carbon nanotube/thermo-responsive helical polysaccharide complex: a new responsive system applicable to photodynamic therapy.
abstract: A thermo- and light-responsive system consisting of single-walled carbon nanotube and helical polysaccharide modified with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) side-chains has been developed through supramolecular polymer wrapping. Coagulation of the complex can be induced by the external stimuli, which leads to a catch-and-release action of a porphyrin derivative.
authors.affiliation: Nanotechnology Laboratory, Institute of Systems, Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies (ISIT), 203-1 Moto-oka, Fukuoka, 819-0385, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiraki
authors.forename: Arnab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dawn
authors.forename: Thi Ngoc Lien
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Youichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Shun-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamaru
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinkai
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry; D000180:Acrylic Resins; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008027:Light; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D047071:beta-Glucans / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D000180:Acrylic Resins; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011108:Polymers; D011166:Porphyrins; D047071:beta-Glucans; C052970:poly-N-isopropylacrylamide; C038459:curdlan