LAYER-BY-LAYER SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CATALYST-FREE FULLERENE NANOSTRUCTURES AND THE APPLICATIONS THEREOF

Fullerene nanostructures produced using a catalyst-free Carbo Thermal Carbon Conversion process may be protected and fuctionalized using a layer-by-layer method whereby functional groups on the nanostructure surface may be further derivatized to incorporate additional functional moieties. Exemplary...

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Hauptverfasser:	LI CHUNHONG, RUGGIERI DAVID J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS COMPOUNDS THEREOF GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS INORGANIC CHEMISTRY MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS METALLURGY NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS
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Zusammenfassung:	Fullerene nanostructures produced using a catalyst-free Carbo Thermal Carbon Conversion process may be protected and fuctionalized using a layer-by-layer method whereby functional groups on the nanostructure surface may be further derivatized to incorporate additional functional moieties. Exemplary moieties include redox mediator molecules, crown ethers, catalysts, boric acids, carbohydrates, oligonucleotides, DNA or RNA aptamers, peptide aptamers, proteins such as enzymes and antibodies, quantum dots and nanoparticles, cells, cell organelles, or other cellular components. The density of functional groups or functional moieties on carbon nanostructure surfaces may also be controlled as well as the degree of surface hydrophilicity of the nanostructure. Fullerene nanostructures functionalized using such a layer-by-layer method may be used to disperse, sort, separate and purify fullerene nanostructures and may also be used as sensing elements such as voltametric, amperometric, and potentiometric pH sensors or as biometric sensing elements and electrodes and intracorporeal sensors and electrodes.