Nanoscale hybrid systems based on carbon nanotubes for biological sensing and control

Youngtak Cho; Narae Shin; Daesan Kim; Jae Yeol Park; Seunghun Hong

doi:10.1042/BSR20160330

Nanoscale hybrid systems based on carbon nanotubes for biological sensing and control

Biosci Rep. 2017 Mar 2;37(2):BSR20160330. doi: 10.1042/BSR20160330. Print 2017 Apr 30.

Authors

Youngtak Cho¹, Narae Shin¹, Daesan Kim², Jae Yeol Park³, Seunghun Hong^{4

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea.
² Department of Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea.
³ Department of Automotive Engineering, Doowon Technical University College, Anseong 456-718, Korea.
⁴ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea seunghun@snu.ac.kr.

Abstract

This paper provides a concise review on the recent development of nanoscale hybrid systems based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for biological sensing and control. CNT-based hybrid systems have been intensively studied for versatile applications of biological interfaces such as sensing, cell therapy and tissue regeneration. Recent advances in nanobiotechnology not only enable the fabrication of highly sensitive biosensors at nanoscale but also allow the applications in the controls of cell growth and differentiation. This review describes the fabrication methods of such CNT-based hybrid systems and their applications in biosensing and cell controls.

Keywords: biointerface; carbon nanotube; cell controll; functionalization; sensing; surface-programmed assembly.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Biosensing Techniques / methods
Cell Differentiation / physiology
Cell Proliferation / physiology
Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy / methods
Guided Tissue Regeneration / methods
Humans
Nanotechnology / methods
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*

Substances

Nanotubes, Carbon