Method for immobilizing and/or crystallizing biological macromolecules on carbon nanotubes and uses
US6656712B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/92
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Method for the attachment and/or crystallization of macromolecules, chemical reagents used in the said method, products obtained as well as applications of the said products in the field of materials and of structural biology, in particular as biosensors or as biomaterials.The said method comprises essentially the incubation, without stirring, for at least 15 minutes, of a biological macromolecule in solution with nanotubes of carbon closed at their ends, under suitable temperature and pH conditions.
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