title: Combing and self-assembly phenomena in dry films of Taxol-stabilized microtubules.
abstract: Microtubules are filamentous proteins that act as a substrate for the translocation of motor proteins. As such, they may be envisioned as a scaffold for the self-assembly of functional materials and devices. Physisorption, self-assembly and combing are here investigated as a potential prelude to microtubule-templated self-assembly. Dense films of self-assembled microtubules were successfully produced, as well as patterns of both dendritic and non-dendritic bundles of microtubules. They are presented in the present paper and the mechanism of their formation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: LIMMS-CNRS/IIS, UMI 2820, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan. morin@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Fabriceolivier
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Mehmet C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tarhan
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawakatsu
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita