Electrically moving single-stranded DNA into and out of double-walled carbon nanotubes

Yongfeng Li; Shimou Chen; Toshiro Kaneko; Rikizo Hatakeyama

doi:10.1039/c0cc04227g

Electrically moving single-stranded DNA into and out of double-walled carbon nanotubes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Feb 28;47(8):2309-11. doi: 10.1039/c0cc04227g. Epub 2010 Dec 10.

Authors

Yongfeng Li¹, Shimou Chen, Toshiro Kaneko, Rikizo Hatakeyama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan. yfli@plasma.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp

PMID: 21152585
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc04227g

Abstract

Our study indicates that it is possible to move single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecules into and out of double-walled carbon nanotubes by utilizing DC electric fields with different polarities.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

DNA, Single-Stranded / chemistry*
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Nanotubes, Carbon / ultrastructure
Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

DNA, Single-Stranded
Nanotubes, Carbon