Patent ID: 7927802
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: B82Y,C01B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of orienting a carbon nanotube comprising: forming a functionalized nucleic acid-carbon nanotube composite comprising a plurality of functional groups with a defined spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of functional groups; adsorbing the nucleic acid-carbon nanotube molecular composite upon a substrate; the substrate comprising a plurality of material phases, wherein the plurality of functional groups of the nucleic acid-carbon nanotube molecular composite have an affinity for the plurality of material phases of the substrate, wherein the defined space between the functional groups provides the nucleic acid-carbon nanotube molecular composite with selectivity for selected ones of the material phases, and wherein the defined spacing between adjacent one of the plurality of functional groups differs from an average distance between the plurality of material phases by an amount of up to about 40%; and orienting the nucleic acid-carbon nanotube molecular composite so that the functional groups contact two or more identical material phases.