Issue 19, 2011
From the journal:

Soft Matter

Nucleotide-assisted decoration of boron nitride nanotubes with semiconductor quantum dots endows valuable visible-light emission in aqueous solution†

Zhenghong Gao,a   Toshiki Sawada,bd   Chunyi Zhi,c   Yoshio Bando,c   Dmitri Golbergc  and  Takeshi Serizawa*d  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 4-6-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

b Komaba Open Laboratory (KOL), Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, Komaba 4-6-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

c International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

d Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo, Komaba 4-6-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: t-serizawa@bionano.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Fax: (+81) 3 5452 5224
Tel: (+81) 3 5452 5224

Abstract

We report that nucleotides disentangle and disperse multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes in aqueous solution via π–π stacking interactions. Quantum dot-boron nitride nanotube hybrid materials were produced by using guanosine 5′-monophosphate as a linking reagent. These hybrid materials are highly promising for biomedical imaging technologies.

Graphical abstract: Nucleotide-assisted decoration of boron nitride nanotubes with semiconductor quantum dots endows valuable visible-light emission in aqueous solution

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Supplementary files

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1SM06141K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jun 2011
Accepted
06 Aug 2011
First published
24 Aug 2011

Soft Matter, 2011,7, 8753-8756

Permissions

Request permissions

Nucleotide-assisted decoration of boron nitride nanotubes with semiconductor quantum dots endows valuable visible-light emission in aqueous solution

Z. Gao, T. Sawada, C. Zhi, Y. Bando, D. Golberg and T. Serizawa, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 8753 DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06141K

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements