title: Chirality sensitive binding of tryptophan enantiomers with pristine single wall carbon nanotubes.
abstract: We report the differential binding nature of pristine single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with tryptophan enantiomers. The differential co-operative response between the pristine SWNTs (topologically chiral) and L- and D-tryptophan (geometrically chiral) provides the insight that geometrical chirality itself manifests with topological chirality in a complex way.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. adbioc@caluniv.ac.in.
authors.forename: Tamoghna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Sarita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Anjan Kr
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D014364:Tryptophan