E 58 Enyashin, A. N. DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes / A. N. Enyashin, S. Gemming, G. Seifert // Nanotechnology. - 2007. - V. 18, № 24. - P. 245702(10 pp.) : il. - Bibliogr. : p. 245702-10(47 ref.) Рубрики: ХИМИЧЕСКИЕ НАУКИ Кл.слова (ненормированные): НАНОТРУБКИ УГЛЕРОДНЫЕ -- ДЕЗОКСИРИБОНУКЛЕИНОВАЯ КИСЛОТА Аннотация: The stability and electronic properties of complexes of single-walled carbon nanotubes wrapped by homopolymeric single-stranded DNA molecules (CNT@DNA) are considered using a quantum mechanical density-functional tight-binding method (DFTB). A phenomenological model of the CNT@DNA formation energy depending on the nanotube radii is developed,which shows that the decoration of a CNT by a few DNA chains leads to a high water solubility of CNT@DNA. Pyrimidine-based DNAs are found to be more effective to wrap the CNTs than other DNAs. The densities of states of the CNT@DNA complexes are close to the superposition of those of the ‘free’ components with some additional states below the Fermi level. The band gap in a hybrid CNT@DNA system is determined by the competition between the Fermi levels of the ‘free’ DNA and CNT. In a few specific cases a considerable charge transfer from the DNA to the CNT was observed, combined with an additional gain in the CNT@DNA formation energy Полный текст |