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Wang W, Jiang K, Zhang X, Chen J. A high-performance bioanode based on a nitrogen-doped short tubular carbon loaded Au nanoparticle co-immobilized mediator and glucose oxidase for glucose/O2 biofuel cells. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra02817a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A high-performance bioanode for glucose/O2 biofuel cells based on N-STCs loaded Au NPs co-immobilized mediator and GOD was successfully developed.
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- Wenyang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha
- P. R. China
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Shcherbina MA, Chvalun SN, Ponomarenko SA, Kovalchuk MV. Modern approaches to investigation of thin films and monolayers: X-ray reflectivity, grazing-incidence X-ray scattering and X-ray standing waves. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2014. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Burns DJ, Youcef-Toumi K, Fantner GE. Indirect identification and compensation of lateral scanner resonances in atomic force microscopes. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2011; 22:315701. [PMID: 21727318 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/31/315701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Improving the imaging speed of atomic force microscopy (AFM) requires accurate nanopositioning at high speeds. However, high speed operation excites resonances in the AFM's mechanical scanner that can distort the image, and therefore typical users of commercial AFMs elect to operate microscopes at speeds below which scanner resonances are observed. Although traditional robust feedforward controllers and input shaping have proven effective at minimizing the influence of scanner distortions, the lack of direct measurement and use of model-based controllers have required disassembling the microscope to access lateral scanner motion with external sensors in order to perform a full system identification experiment, which places excessive demands on routine microscope operators. Further, since the lightly damped instrument dynamics often change from experiment to experiment, model-based controllers designed from offline system identification experiments must trade off high speed performance for robustness to modeling errors. This work represents a new way to automatically characterize the lateral scanner dynamics without addition of lateral sensors, and shape the commanded input signals in such a way that disturbing dynamics are not excited. Scanner coupling between the lateral and out-of-plane directions is exploited and used to build a minimal model of the scanner that is also sufficient to describe the nature of the distorting resonances. This model informs the design of an online input shaper used to suppress spectral components of the high speed command signals. The method presented is distinct from alternative approaches in that neither an information-complete system identification experiment nor microscope modification are required. Because the system identification is performed online immediately before imaging, no tradeoff of performance is required. This approach has enabled an increase in the scan rates of unmodified commercial AFMs from 1-4 lines s(-1) to over 40 lines s(-1).
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- D J Burns
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Jiang Y, Rabbi M, Mieczkowski PA, Marszalek PE. Separating DNA with different topologies by atomic force microscopy in comparison with gel electrophoresis. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:12162-5. [PMID: 20799746 DOI: 10.1021/jp105603k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Atomic force microscopy, which is normally used for DNA imaging to gain qualitative results, can also be used for quantitative DNA research, at a single-molecular level. Here, we evaluate the performance of AFM imaging specifically for quantifying supercoiled and relaxed plasmid DNA fractions within a mixture, and compare the results with the bulk material analysis method, gel electrophoresis. The advantages and shortcomings of both methods are discussed in detail. Gel electrophoresis is a quick and well-established quantification method. However, it requires a large amount of DNA, and needs to be carefully calibrated for even slightly different experimental conditions for accurate quantification. AFM imaging is accurate, in that single DNA molecules in different conformations can be seen and counted. When used carefully with necessary correction, both methods provide consistent results. Thus, AFM imaging can be used for DNA quantification, as an alternative to gel electrophoresis.
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- Yong Jiang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Jiangning, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211189, People's Republic of China.
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Casero E, Vázquez L, Parra-Alfambra AM, Lorenzo E. AFM, SECM and QCM as useful analytical tools in the characterization of enzyme-based bioanalytical platforms. Analyst 2010; 135:1878-903. [DOI: 10.1039/c0an00120a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Kim SN, Rusling JF, Papadimitrakopoulos F. Carbon Nanotubes for Electronic and Electrochemical Detection of Biomolecules. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2007; 19:3214-3228. [PMID: 18846263 PMCID: PMC2564812 DOI: 10.1002/adma.200700665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The unique electronic and optical properties of carbon nanotubes, in conjunction with their size and mechanically robust nature, make these nanomaterials crucial to the development of next-generation biosensing platforms. In this Review, we present recent innovations in carbon nanotube-assisted biosensing technologies, such as DNA-hybridization, protein-binding, antibody-antigen and aptamers. Following a brief introduction on the diameter- and chirality-derived electronic characteristics of single-walled carbon nanotubes, the discussion is focused on the two major schemes for electronic biodetection, namely biotransistor- and electrochemistry-based sensors. Key fabrication methodologies are contrasted in light of device operation and performance, along with strategies for amplifying the signal while minimizing nonspecific binding. This Review is concluded with a perspective on future optimization based on array integration as well as exercising a better control in nanotube structure and biomolecular integration.
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- Sang Nyon Kim
- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269
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- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 (USA) E-mail: Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 (USA) Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, CT 06032 (USA)
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- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 (USA) E-mail: Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 (USA) Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, CT 06032 (USA)
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Brown RM, Barnes Z, Sawatari C, Kondo T. Polymer Manipulation and Nanofabrication in Real Time Using Transmission Electron Microscopy. Biomacromolecules 2006; 8:70-6. [PMID: 17206790 DOI: 10.1021/bm060546z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Here we present time-resolved in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations and real-time manipulation of nematic ordered cellulose and ultradrawn polyethylene films. Drawn films of these two polymers exhibited a unique response to the low-dose electron beam. Electron beam damage was minimal based on retention of an organized electron diffraction pattern. Increased electron dosage appeared to melt the polymer with subsequent movement and attraction toward preferred electron concentrations within the beam. This discovery allowed the preferential, directed manipulation of polymer chain aggregates in two dimensions. These findings provide a basis for a new technique to manipulate and simultaneously observe dynamic assembly at the molecular level of structures using TEM.
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- R Malcolm Brown
- Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
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Enzyme-based biofuel cells are attracting attention rapidly partially due to the promising advances reported recently. However, there are issues to be addressed before biofuel cells become competitive in practical applications. Two critical issues are short lifetime and poor power density, both of which are related to enzyme stability, electron transfer rate, and enzyme loading. Recent progress in nanobiocatalysis opens the possibility to improve in these aspects. Many nano-structured materials, such as mesoporous media, nanoparticles, nanofibers, and nanotubes, have been demonstrated as efficient hosts of enzyme immobilization. It is evident that, when nanostructure of conductive materials are used, the large surface area of these nanomaterials can increase the enzyme loading and facilitate reaction kinetics, and thus improving the power density of biofuel cells. In addition, research efforts have also been made to improve the activity and stability of immobilized enzymes by using nanostructures. It appears to be reasonable to us to expect that progress in nanostuctured biocatalysts will play a critical role in overcoming the major obstacles in the development of powerful biofuel cells.
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- Jungbae Kim
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
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Ye Y, Ju H. Rapid detection of ssDNA and RNA using multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified screen-printed carbon electrode. Biosens Bioelectron 2005; 21:735-41. [PMID: 16242612 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2005.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2004] [Revised: 12/07/2004] [Accepted: 01/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A method for rapid sensitive detection of DNA or RNA was designed using a composite screen-printed carbon electrode modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). MWNTs showed catalytic characteristics for the direct electrochemical oxidation of guanine or adenine residues of signal strand DNA (ssDNA) and adenine residues of RNA, leading to indicator-free detection of ssDNA and RNA concentrations. With an accumulation time of 5 min, the proposed method could be used for detection of calf thymus ssDNA ranging from 17.0 to 345 microg ml(-1) with a detection limit of 2.0 microg ml(-1) at 3 sigma and yeast tRNA ranging from 8.2 microg ml(-1) to 4.1 mg ml(-1). AC impedance was employed to characterize the surface of modified electrodes. The advantages of convenient fabrication, low-cost detection, short analysis time and combination with nanotechnology for increasing the sensitivity made the subject worthy of special emphasis in the research programs and sources of new commercial products.
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- Yongkang Ye
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Science, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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Merkoçi A, Pumera M, Llopis X, Pérez B, del Valle M, Alegret S. New materials for electrochemical sensing VI: Carbon nanotubes. Trends Analyt Chem 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2005.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 442] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Kunitake M, Hattori T, Miyano S, Itaya K. Two-dimensional supramolecular arrangements of enantiomers and racemic modification of 1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-dicarboxylic acid. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:9206-10. [PMID: 16171353 DOI: 10.1021/la051040p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Formation of adlayers of the optically active compound 1,1'-binaphthyl-2, 2'-dicarboxylic acid (BINAC) on iodine-modified Au (111) surfaces in perchloric acid was investigated by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Highly ordered arrays formed on the surfaces via simple spontaneous adsorption from a solution of enantiomers or the racemic BINAC, in spite of the fact that BINAC has a three-dimensionally complex stereochemical structure. Adlayers of both enantiomers essentially shared the same enantiomorphous structure. Observed parameters of the rectangular unit cell lattice for arrays of both enantiomers of BINAC were a = 2.3 +/- 0.2 nm and b = 0.7 +/- 0.2 nm. On the other hand, racemic modification formed an entirely different adlayer, which consisted of an alternate alignment of the two enantiomers, with an oblique unit cell lattice with parameters of a = 1.2 +/- 0.2 nm, b = 0.8 +/- 0.1 nm, and 74 +/- 3 degrees . No domain composed of a single enantiomer was observed. The stronger hetero-intermolecular interactions of enantiomer couples led to the formation of an alternate arrangement in the array prepared by racemic modification.
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- Masashi Kunitake
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
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Ling L, Butt HJ, Berger R. Rupture force between the third strand and the double strand within a triplex DNA. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:13992-7. [PMID: 15506761 DOI: 10.1021/ja046341k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The rupture force to separate the third strand and the duplex within a triplex DNA was measured by means of atomic force spectroscopy. The tip and the sample surfaces were functionalized by oligodeoxyribonucleotides 5'-TTCTTCTTTCTTTTCCTTTTCTTTCTTCTTACTTCTCTCTCTC TCTCTCT-SH-3'. The sample surface was hybridized with 5'-AAGAAGAAAGAAAAGGAAAAGAAAGAAGAA-3' to form a double strand DNA on the surface prior to the force measurements. These sequences form triple helices with 30 base pairs under a pH of 5.8 and in the presence of 2.0 mM spermine. Signals of rupture of single and multiple triplex DNA were observed in the force distance curves. Rupture force histograms revealed a force of 42.6 +/- 1.9 pN from 24 independent measurements at a tip velocity of 400 nm/s to separate the third strand from duplex DNA. The velocity dependence of the rupture force quantum indicates a thermal dissociation process similar to that of rupturing a ds-DNA. The number of rupture events was controlled by adding oligonucleotides 5'-AAGAAGAAAGAAAAGGAAAAGAAAGAAGAA-3' either to reduce or to initiate triplex formation.
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- Liansheng Ling
- Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 55128, Germany
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Cooper JM, Cubitt R, Dalgliesh RM, Gadegaard N, Glidle A, Hillman AR, Mortimer RJ, Ryder KS, Smith EL. Dynamic in Situ Electrochemical Neutron Reflectivity Measurements. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:15362-3. [PMID: 15563146 DOI: 10.1021/ja044682s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report the first dynamic in situ electrochemical neutron reflectivity (NR) measurements on electroactive films. By using a boxcar integration strategy within a cyclic voltammetric experiment, it is possible to acquire neutron reflectivity data associated with narrow, defined windows of potential. Accumulation of data from repetitive cycles allows one to build up potential- (time-) resolved profiles. The effective time resolution is now on the order of seconds, as compared to ca. 1 h using conventional methodology, making in situ NR a practical technique for dynamic electrochemical studies. Illustrative data for polyvinylferrocene films reveal hysteresis in (de)swelling, incomplete desolvation upon reduction, and transient salt retention, all of which respond to time-scale variations.
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- Jonathan M Cooper
- Department of Electronics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8LT, Scotland, U.K
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Roberson LB, Poggi MA, Kowalik J, Smestad GP, Bottomley LA, Tolbert LM. Correlation of morphology and device performance in inorganic–organic TiO2–polythiophene hybrid solid-state solar cells. Coord Chem Rev 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2004.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Touhami A, Jericho MH, Beveridge TJ. Atomic force microscopy of cell growth and division in Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:3286-95. [PMID: 15150213 PMCID: PMC415778 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.11.3286-3295.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The growth and division of Staphylococcus aureus was monitored by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and thin-section transmission electron microscopy (TEM). A good correlation of the structural events of division was found using the two microscopies, and AFM was able to provide new additional information. AFM was performed under water, ensuring that all structures were in the hydrated condition. Sequential images on the same structure revealed progressive changes to surfaces, suggesting the cells were growing while images were being taken. Using AFM small depressions were seen around the septal annulus at the onset of division that could be attributed to so-called murosomes (Giesbrecht et al., Arch. Microbiol. 141:315-324, 1985). The new cell wall formed from the cross wall (i.e., completed septum) after cell separation and possessed concentric surface rings and a central depression; these structures could be correlated to a midline of reactive material in the developing septum that was seen by TEM. The older wall, that which was not derived from a newly formed cross wall, was partitioned into two different surface zones, smooth and gel-like zones, with different adhesive properties that could be attributed to cell wall turnover. The new and old wall topographies are equated to possible peptidoglycan arrangements, but no conclusion can be made regarding the planar or scaffolding models.
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- Ahmed Touhami
- Department of Physics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5
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Green JBD. Analytical instrumentation based on force measurements: combinatorial atomic force microscopy. Anal Chim Acta 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2003.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ohira A, Sakata M, Taniguchi I, Hirayama C, Kunitake M. Comparison of nanotube structures constructed from alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrins by potential-controlled adsorption. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:5057-65. [PMID: 12708855 DOI: 10.1021/ja021351b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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"Nanotube" structures of the alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrins (CyD's), which are similar to that of CyD-polyrotaxane, were constructed by potential-controlled adsorption onto Au(111) surfaces in sodium perchlorate solution without a threaded polymer. CyD molecules adsorbed randomly on bare Au(111) surfaces without potential control and the desorption of CyD's from Au surfaces was observed at a negative potential of less than -0.60 V versus SCE. On the other hand, in the specific range between these potentials, ordered molecular arrays with "nanotube" structures of the CyD's (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-CyD) were observed on Au(111). The range of potentials for formation of the "nanotube" structures of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-CyD was from -0.15 to -0.20 V, from -0.25 to -0.45 V, and from -0.22 to -0.45 V, respectively. beta- and gamma-CyD require a more negative potential for adsorption-induced self-organization (AISO) than alpha-CyD in order to weaken adsorption and induce self-organization. Furthermore, we have succeeded in the visualization of the dynamic process in solution, such as the self-ordering, and the destruction of the nanotube structure. These results indicate that control of the electrode potential facilitates management of the delicate balance of various interactions, resulting in the formation of two-dimensional supramolecular structures on the substrates.
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- Akihiro Ohira
- Department of Applied Chemistry & Biochemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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