Interaction between carbon nanotubes and nanometric and biological systems: experimental and computational insights

• Grant number: 10/08242-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): August 01, 2010
• Effective date (End): April 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Valtencir Zucolotto
• Grantee: Lilian Maria Pessôa da Cruz Centurion
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/24070-5 - An insight to carbon nanotubes and biological structure interactions through molecular dynamics simulations, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

In the last years nanoscience and nanotechnology have cast light on the understanding of matter, unraveling properties that have never been found in corresponding bulk compounds. Carbon nanotubes and metallophthalocyanines are among the most prominent materials in this emerging field due to their outstanding characteristics, specially the electrical ones, which enables them to be included in the fabrication of several devices. This project aims to immobilize these two species in nanostructured films obtained through the layer-by-layer technique (LbL)for the development of biosensors. The tools to investigate the properties of these filmes will be, mainly, the electrical and vibrational spectroscopies. Emphasis will be given to the study of the electrical behaviour of these compounds under the influence of this specific architecture.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CENTURION, Lilian Maria Pessôa da Cruz. Interaction between carbon nanotubes and nanometric and biological systems: experimental and computational insights. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC/BT) São Carlos.