Peptides and Nanotubes (image)

Biophysical Society

Caption

Figure 1a shows lithium manganese nickel oxide and carbon nanotubes clumping separately, with no specific interactions. However, when a multifunctional binding peptide is added to the mixture, as shown in Figure 1b, the peptide binds the dispersed carbon nanotubes to lithium manganese nickel oxide particles.

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Evgenia Barannikova/UMBC

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