Conformational Selectivity of Peptides for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B,110,47

Carbon nanotubes show promising prospects for applications ranging from molecular electronics to ultrasensitive biosensors. An important aspect to understanding carbon nanotube properties is their interactions with biomolecules such as peptides and proteins, as these interactions are important in our understanding of nanotube interactions with the environment, their use in cellular systems, as well as their interface with biological materials for medical and diagnostic applications. Here we report the sequence and conformational requirements of peptides for high-affinity binding to single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). A new motif, X1THX2X3