title: Mechanically tough, electrically conductive polyethylene oxide nanofiber web incorporating DNA-wrapped double-walled carbon nanotubes.
abstract: Electrospun biopolymer-derived nanofiber webs are promising scaffolds for growing tissue and cells. However, the webs are mechanically weak and electrically insulating. We have synthesized a polyethylene oxide (PEO) nanofiber web that is pliable, tough, and electrically conductive, by incorporating optically active, DNA-wrapped, double-walled carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes were individually trapped along the length of the PEO nanofiber and acted as mechanically reinforcing filler and an electrical conductor.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: Jin Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Yong Chae
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Yong-Il
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Yoong Ahm
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Morinobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endo
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D057139:Nanofibers; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D004247:DNA