Issue 20, 2013
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Nanoscale

Nano-pipette directed transport of nanotube transmembrane channels and hybrid vesicles†

Meenakshi Dutt,a   Olga Kuksenokb  and  Anna C. Balazs*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA

b Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
E-mail: balazs@pitt.edu

Abstract

Using computational modeling, we simulate the interactions between a nanopipette and transmembrane, end-functionalized nanotubes that are localized within flat bilayers or nanoscopic vesicles. The functional groups (hairs) provide a “handle” for the moving pipette to controllably pick up and move the nanotubes to specific locations in the flat membrane, or the hybrid vesicle to specified regions on a surface. The ability to localize these hybrid vesicles on surfaces paves the way for creating nanoreactor arrays in fluidic devices.

Graphical abstract: Nano-pipette directed transport of nanotube transmembrane channels and hybrid vesicles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR33991B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Dec 2012
Accepted
28 Jul 2013
First published
31 Jul 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 9773-9784

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Nano-pipette directed transport of nanotube transmembrane channels and hybrid vesicles

M. Dutt, O. Kuksenok and A. C. Balazs, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 9773 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR33991B

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