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Electrophoretically fabricated core-shell CNT-DNA biowires for biosensing

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Title Electrophoretically fabricated core-shell CNT-DNA biowires for biosensing
 
Creator Das, Maumita
Dhand, Chetna
Sumana, Gajjala
Srivastava, Avanish Kumar
Nagarajan, Rajamani
Malhotra, Bansi Dhar
 
Subject Materials Science
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
 
Description In view of recent revelations and potential applications of the carbon nanotubes (CNT)-deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) nanobiohybrids, we propose a mechanism of DNA wrapping onto functionalized CNT using principles of co-ordination chemistry. The core-shell structural biowire comprising of CNT and DNA has been fabricated via electrophoretic deposition technique and detailed morphological investigations have been carried out to ascertain the mechanism of biowire formation. The results of these studies reveal that during the biowire formation, Mg2+ ions provide the central metal ion with enhanced structural and catalytic activity for DNA and CNT to covalently co-ordinate to form a bi-cyclic chelate structure. Employing the synergy between the nanomaterial and biomolecule, DNA-Mg2+-CNT biowires can be used as a nanobioelectrode platform for development of a genosensor.
 
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
 
Date 2012
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://npl.csircentral.net/3592/1/Electrophoretically%20fabricated.pdf
Das, Maumita and Dhand, Chetna and Sumana, Gajjala and Srivastava, Avanish Kumar and Nagarajan, Rajamani and Malhotra, Bansi Dhar (2012) Electrophoretically fabricated core-shell CNT-DNA biowires for biosensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry , 22 (6). pp. 2727-2732. ISSN 0959-9428
 
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