G-quartet type self-assembly of guanine functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Prabhpreet Singh (1, 2) , V. Venkatesh (3) , N. Nagapradeep (3) , Sandeep Verma (3) , Alberto Bianco (1)

1 ICT - Immunologie et chimie thérapeutiques
2 Department of Chemistry
3 IIT Kanpur - Department of Chemistry [Kanpur]

The simple strategy of linking guanine to single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) through covalent functionalization permitted generation of the alignment of the nanotubes into lozenges reminiscent of guanine quartets (G-quartets) in the presence of potassium ions as observed by atomic force microscopy.

Domaines: Chimie organique

Prabhpreet Singh, V. Venkatesh, N. Nagapradeep, Sandeep Verma, Alberto Bianco. G-quartet type self-assembly of guanine functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes.. Nanoscale, 2012, 4 (6), pp.1972-4. ⟨10.1039/c2nr11849a⟩. ⟨hal-00700214⟩