Structural biology with carbon nanotube AFM probes

Authors

Adam T. Woolley, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Chin Li Cheung, University of Nebraska at LincolnFollow
Jason H. Hafner, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Date of this Version

September 2000

Comments

Published in Chemistry & Biology 7 (September 28, 2000), pp. R193–R204; doi:10.1016/S1074-5521(00)00037-5. Copyright © 2000 Elsevier Ltd. Used by permission.

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes represent ideal probes for high-resolution structural and chemical imaging of biomolecules with atomic force microscopy. Recent advances in fabrication of carbon nanotube probes with sub-nanometer radii promise to yield unique insights into the structure, dynamics and function of biological macromolecules and complexes.