Issue 25, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Rational design of amphiphilic polymers to make carbon nanotubes water-dispersible, anti-biofouling, and functionalizable†

Sangjin Park,a   Hae-Sik Yang,b   Dongkyu Kim,a   Kyungmin Job  and  Sangyong Jon*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Life Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea
E-mail: syjon@gist.ac.kr
Fax: (+82) 62-970-2484
Tel: (+82) 62-970-2304

b Department of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Pusan 609-735, Korea

Abstract

We report rational design of amphiphilic polymers capable of making carbon nanotubes (CNTs) highly water dispersible and resistant to biofouling; such CNTs can be conjugated with bioactive molecules so as to be potential drug delivery vehicles.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B802057D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Feb 2008
Accepted
01 Apr 2008
First published
17 Apr 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 2876-2878

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Rational design of amphiphilic polymers to make carbon nanotubes water-dispersible, anti-biofouling, and functionalizable

S. Park, H. Yang, D. Kim, K. Jo and S. Jon, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2876 DOI: 10.1039/B802057D

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