DNA Block Copolymer Doing It All: From Selection to Self‐Assembly of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes

• DOI: 10.1002/ange.201007098
• Publication Date: 2011-03-01T23:47:50Z
• Authors: Minseok Kwak; Jia Gao; Deepak K. Prusty; Andrew J. Musser; Vladimir A. Markov; Nikolaos Tombros; Marc C. A. Stuart; Wesley R. Browne; Egbert J. Boekema; Gerrit ten Brinke; Harry T. Jonkman; Bart J. van Wees; Maria A. Loi; Andreas Herrmann
• Keywords: Polymers; 02 engineering and technology; 01 natural sciences; nanotubes; DISPERSION; Quantum Dots; PROGRESS; amphiphiles; Molecular Structure; Nanotubes, Carbon; field-effect transistors; RECOGNITION; DNA; 0104 chemical sciences; ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES; SINGLE; gold nanoparticles; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; SEPARATION; COMPLEXES; FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; 0210 nano-technology

A potentially scalable self-assembly method for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) involves the use of amphiphilic DNA block copolymers. One such hybrid is able to cover the entire area of solution-based SWNT technologies, from selective dispersion to nondestructive functionalization to high-yield device fabrication such as field-effect transistors.