Nano-pipette directed transport of nanotube transmembrane channels and hybrid vesicles

M Dutt and O Kuksenok and AC Balazs, NANOSCALE, 5, 9773-9784 (2013).

DOI: 10.1039/c3nr33991b

Using computational modeling, we simulate the interactions between a nanopipette and transmembrane, end-functionalized nanotubes that are localized within flat bilayers or nanoscopic vesicles. The functional groups (hairs) provide a "handle" for the moving pipette to controllably pick up and move the nanotubes to specific locations in the flat membrane, or the hybrid vesicle to specified regions on a surface. The ability to localize these hybrid vesicles on surfaces paves the way for creating nanoreactor arrays in fluidic devices.

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