Tailoring carbon nanotube surfaces with glyconanorings: New bionanomaterials with specific lectin affinity

Remarkably stable, water-soluble glyconanoring-coated SWCNTs were prepared by self organization and photopolymerization of neutral diacetylene-based glycolipids on the nanotube surface; the nanoconstructs are able to engage in specific ligand-lectin interactions in a similar way to glycoconjugates on cell membranes.Dirección General de Investigación Ciéntifica y Técnica CTQ2006-15515-CO2-01 y CTQ2007-61185Junta de Andalucía P06-FQM-01852 y P07-FQM-2774CNRS (France)CSIC Egide Picasso 09543XACSIC PICS Program 200