Issue 5, 2009
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Soft Matter

Non-covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes with glycolipids: glyconanomaterials with specific lectin-affinity†

Mohyeddin Assali,a   Manuel Pernía Leal,a   Inmaculada Fernández,b   Rachid Baati,c   Charles Mioskowski‡c  and  Noureddine Khiar*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, C.S.I.C-Universidad de Sevilla, c/. Américo Vespucio, 49, Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla, Spain
E-mail: khiar@iiq.csic.es
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b Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

c Laboratoire de Synthése Bio-Organique, Faculté de Pharmacie UMR 7175-LC1, Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, 74 route du Rhin, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France

Abstract

A strategy based on the utilization of neutral pyrene functionalized neoglycolipids I that interact with a CNT’s surface giving rise to biocompatible nanomaterials which are able to engage specific ligand-lectin interactions similar to glycoconjugates on the cell membrane is reported.

Graphical abstract: Non-covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes with glycolipids: glyconanomaterials with specific lectin-affinity

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B817059B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Sep 2008
Accepted
18 Dec 2008
First published
13 Jan 2009

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 948-950

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Non-covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes with glycolipids: glyconanomaterials with specific lectin-affinity

M. Assali, M. P. Leal, I. Fernández, R. Baati, C. Mioskowski and N. Khiar, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 948 DOI: 10.1039/B817059B

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