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US 8,470,611 B2Granted
Biologically self-assembled nanotubes
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsXiangnan Dang, Hyunjung Yi, Angela M. Belcher, Paula T. Hammond
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Abstract
A method of a general biological approach to synthesizing compact nanotubes using a biological template is described.
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A method of making a composite material comprising:
- providing a composition including a virus with binding affinity to nanotubes;
- contacting the nanotubes to the virus, thereby forming a virus-nanotube complex;
- and
- contacting a plurality of nanoparticles to the virus-nanotube complex, thereby forming a virus-nanotube-nanoparticle complex;
- wherein the nanotubes include semiconductive nanotubes.
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A method of making a composite material comprising:
- providing a composition including a virus with binding affinity to carbon nanotubes;
- contacting the carbon nanotubes to the virus, thereby forming a virus-carbon nanotube complex;
- contacting a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles to the virus-carbon nanotube complex, thereby forming a virus-carbon nanotube-inorganic nanoparticle complex;
- growing the inorganic nanoparticles of the virus-carbon nanotube-inorganic nanoparticle complex;
- and
- removing the virus, thereby forming a carbon nanotube-inorganic nanoparticle complex;
- wherein the nanotubes include semiconductive nanotubes.
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A method of making a composite material comprising:
- providing a composition including a virus with binding affinity to nanotubes;
- contacting the nanotubes to the virus, thereby forming a virus-nanotube complex;
- and
- contacting a plurality of nanoparticles to the virus-nanotube complex, thereby forming a virus-nanotube-nanoparticle complex;
- wherein the plurality of nanoparticles includes inorganic nanoparticles.
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A method of making a composite material comprising:
- providing a composition including a virus with binding affinity to carbon nanotubes;
- contacting the carbon nanotubes to the virus, thereby forming a virus-carbon nanotube complex;
- contacting a plurality of inorganic nanoparticles to the virus-carbon nanotube complex, thereby forming a virus-carbon nanotube-inorganic nanoparticle complex;
- growing the inorganic nanoparticles of the virus-carbon nanotube-inorganic nanoparticle complex;
- and
- removing the virus, thereby forming a carbon nanotube-inorganic nanoparticle complex;
- wherein the plurality of nanoparticles includes inorganic nanoparticles.
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