Issue 13, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Autonomous propulsion of carbon nanotubes powered by a multienzyme ensemble†

Davide Pantarotto,a   Wesley R. Brownea  and  Ben L. Feringa*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Organic Chemistry, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
E-mail: b.l.feringa@rug.nl
Fax: +31-503634278
Tel: +31-503634296

Abstract

Covalent attachment of the enzymes glucose oxidase and catalase to carbon nanotubes enables the tandem catalytic conversion of glucose and H2O2 formed to power autonomous movement of the nanotubes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B715310D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Oct 2007
Accepted
08 Nov 2007
First published
16 Nov 2007

Chem. Commun., 2008, 1533-1535

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D. Pantarotto, W. R. Browne and B. L. Feringa, Chem. Commun., 2008, 1533 DOI: 10.1039/B715310D

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