title: Carbon nanotube/biocompatible bola-amphiphile supramolecular biohybrid materials: preparation and their application in bacterial cell agglutination.
abstract: Supramolecular biohybrid materials were successfully constructed driven by non-covalent interactions between three biocompatible bolaform amphiphiles and single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The existence of galactoses in these supramolecular systems endowed the hybrid materials with interesting bio-function. By introducing the SWNTs as semi-flexible platforms, these supramolecular biohybrid materials display excellent agglutination ability for E. coli.
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Guocan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jinying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chengyou
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Zhengwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Changyou
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Feihe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology*; D008853:Microscopy; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
keywords: amphiphiles; carbon nanotubes; hybrid materials; nanostructures; self-assembly