As a complementary tool to nanofluidics, biomolecular based transport is envisioned for nanotechnological devices. We report a new method for guiding microtubule shuttles on multi-walled carbon nanotube tracks, aligned by dielectrophoresis on a functionalized surface. In the absence of electric field and in fluid flow, alignment is maintained. The directed translocation of kinesin propelled microtubules has been investigated using fluorescence microscopy. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of microtubules gliding along carbon nanotubes.
@article{arxiv.1312.3070,
title = {Molecular Motor-Powered Shuttles along Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Tracks},
author = {Aurélien Sikora and Javier Ramón-Azcón and Kyongwan Kim and Kelley Reaves and Hikaru Nakazawa and Mitsuo Umetsu and Izumi Kumagai and Tadafumi Adschiri and Hitoshi Shiku and Tomokazu Matsue and Wonmuk Hwang and Winfried Teizer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3070},
year = {2015}
}