COMPLEX NANOTUBE-LIPOSOME NETWORKS
Journal article, 2009
Surfactant nanotube-vesicle networks (NVN) belong to the smallest artificial devices known to date for performing controlled chemical operations with enzymes. Newly established means for transport of chemical reactants between containers, as well as advancements in initiation and control of chemical reactions in such systems have opened pathways to new devices with a resolution down to the single-molecule level. Here, we summarize the fabrication and functionalization of complex nanotube-liposome networks for such devices, and discuss related aspects of their application for studying chemical kinetics and materials transport phenomena in ultrasmall-scale bio-mimetic environments.
surfactant nanotubes
membranes
transport
molecules
reconstitution
systems
cells
enzymatic-reactions
giant unilamellar vesicles
geometry
Author
Aldo Jesorka
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry
Owe Orwar
Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry
Methods in Enzymology
0076-6879 (ISSN) 15577988 (eISSN)
Vol. 464 C 309-325Subject Categories
Physical Chemistry
DOI
10.1016/S0076-6879(09)64015-5