Templating approaches are being developed for the synthesis of inorganic nanotubes, a novel platform for nanofluidics. Single crystalline semiconductor GaN nanotubes have been synthesized using an epitaxial casting method. The partial thermal oxidation of silicon nanowires leads to the synthesis of silica nanotubes. The dimension of these nanotubes can be precisely controlled during the templat...

Objective(s): This paper describes a selective and sensitive biosensor based on the dissolution and aggregation of aptamer wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes. We report on the direct detection of aptamer–cocaine interactions, namely between a DNA aptamer and cocaine molecules based on near-infrared absorption at λ807. Materials and Methods: First a DNA aptamer recognizing cocaine was non-co...

Recent NMR experiments by Singer et al. [Singer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 236403 (2005).] showed a deviation from Fermi-liquid behavior in carbon nanotubes with an energy gap evident at low temperatures. Here, a comprehensive theory for the magnetic field and temperature dependent NMR 13C spin-lattice relaxation is given in the framework of the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid. The low temperature propert...

The magnetic properties of iron nanoparticles partially encapsulated at the tips of aligned carbon nanotubes have been studied. The carbon nanotube wall not only protects the metallic particles from oxidization, but also reduces the inter-particle dipolar interaction by non-magnetic separation. Magnetic characterizations performed in the temperature range of 5–350K with magnetic field up to 3T ...