Carbon nanotubes on a spider silk scaffold

Understanding the compatibility between spider silk and conducting materials is essential to advance the use of spider silk in electronic applications. Spider silk is tough, but becomes soft when exposed to water. Here we report a strong affinity of amine-functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes...

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Main Authors: Steven, Eden, Saleh, Wasan R., Lebedev, Victor, Acquah, Steve F. A., Laukhin, Vladimir, Alamo, Rufina G., Brooks, James S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778718/