@inbook{f8735259028c435291b10f24c47cf322,
title = "Covalently Linked Deoxyribonucleic Acid with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Characterization",
abstract = "In this chapter, a multi-step protocol for covalently linking functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) oligonucleotides is provided. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is used to characterize the initially formed amine-terminated MWCNTs, to which DNA is covalently anchored. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigation of the DNA-MWCNT conjugates reveals that the chemical functionalization occurs at both the ends and sidewalls of the nanotubes. The described methodology represents an important step toward the realization of DNA-guided self-assembly for carbon nanotubes.",
keywords = "Carbon nanotubes, Covalent conjugation, DNA, ATR-FTIR, XPS, AFM",
author = "Weiwei Chen and Changqing YI and Tzang Chi-Hung and Shuit-Tong Lee and Mengsu Yang",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-60761-579-8_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-60761-577-4",
series = "Methods in Molecular Biology",
publisher = "Humana Press",
pages = "19--26",
editor = "Kannan Balasubramanian and Marko Burghard",
booktitle = "Carbon Nanotubes",
address = "United States",
}