Combing and self-assembly phenomena in dry films of Taxol-stabilized microtubules

Microtubules are filamentous proteins that act as a substrate for the translocation of motor proteins. As such, they may be envisioned as a scaffold for the self-assembly of functional materials and devices. Physisorption, self-assembly and combing are here investigated as a potential prelude to mic...

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Published inNanoscale research letters Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 135 - 143
Main Authors Morin, Fabriceolivier, Rose, Franck, Martin, Pascal, Tarhan, Mehmet C, Kawakatsu, Hideki, Fujita, Hiroyuki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States BioMed Central Ltd 13.03.2007
SpringerOpen
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Adsorption
HOPG
Microtubules
Self-assembly
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Summary:Microtubules are filamentous proteins that act as a substrate for the translocation of motor proteins. As such, they may be envisioned as a scaffold for the self-assembly of functional materials and devices. Physisorption, self-assembly and combing are here investigated as a potential prelude to microtubule-templated self-assembly. Dense films of self-assembled microtubules were successfully produced, as well as patterns of both dendritic and non-dendritic bundles of microtubules. They are presented in the present paper and the mechanism of their formation is discussed.
ISSN:1931-7573
1556-276X
1556-276X
DOI:10.1186/1556-276X-2-135