Issue 18, 2007
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Carbon nanotube based biomimetic membranes: mimicking protein channels regulated by phosphorylation

Pramod Nednoor,a   Vasilis G. Gavalas,a   Nitin Chopra,b   Bruce J. Hinds*b  and  Leonidas G. Bachas*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
E-mail: bachas@uky.edu
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b Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
E-mail: bjhinds@engr.uky.edu

Abstract

Membranes based on an array of aligned carbon nanotubes were used to mimic biological protein channels by functionalizing the open tips of the nanotubes with a synthetic peptide to obtain a biomimetic system where phosphorylation regulates the flow.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B703365F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Mar 2007
Accepted
30 Mar 2007
First published
11 Apr 2007

J. Mater. Chem., 2007,17, 1755-1757

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Carbon nanotube based biomimetic membranes: mimicking protein channels regulated by phosphorylation

P. Nednoor, V. G. Gavalas, N. Chopra, B. J. Hinds and L. G. Bachas, J. Mater. Chem., 2007, 17, 1755 DOI: 10.1039/B703365F

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