Issue 2, 2012
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Introducing carbon nanotubes into living walled plant cells through cellulase-induced nanoholes†

Maged F. Serag,*ab   Noritada Kaji,ac   Manabu Tokeshiac  and  Yoshinobu Babaacd  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
E-mail: magedserag@yahoo.com
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b Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Egypt

c FIRST Research Centre for Innovative Nanodevices, Nagoya University, Japan

d National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Takamatsu, Japan

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes can intracellularly transport through different cellular barriers. However, their use in plant cells is limited by the cellulosic cell wall surrounding these cells. Here we show that cup-stacked carbon nanotubes with cellulase immobilized on their sidewalls and tips penetrate the cell wall and transport intracellularly through cellulase-induce nanoholes.

Graphical abstract: Introducing carbon nanotubes into living walled plant cells through cellulase-induced nanoholes

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1RA00760B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Sep 2011
Accepted
09 Oct 2011
First published
10 Nov 2011

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 398-400

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Introducing carbon nanotubes into living walled plant cells through cellulase-induced nanoholes

M. F. Serag, N. Kaji, M. Tokeshi and Y. Baba, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 398 DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00760B

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