Candida albicans/MWCNTs: A Stable Conductive Bio-Nanocomposite and Its Temperature-Sensing Properties
| Autor: | Bruno Maresca, Heinrich Christoph Neitzert, P. Sabatino, R. Di Giacomo, Giovanni Carapella, Amalia Porta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Nanotube
Nanocomposite Materials science biology Composite number Nanotechnology Carbon nanotube Temperature cycling Atmospheric temperature range biology.organism_classification Computer Science Applications law.invention Chemical engineering law Electrode Electrical and Electronic Engineering Candida albicans |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 12:111-114 |
| ISSN: | 1941-0085 1536-125X |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tnano.2013.2239308 |
| Popis: | A Candida albicans/multiwalled carbon nanotube (Ca/MWCNTs) composite material has been produced. It can be used as a temperature-sensing element operative in a wide temperature range (up to 100 °C). The Ca/MWCNTs composite has excellent linear current-voltage characteristics when combined with coplanar gold electrodes. We used growing cells of C. albicans to structure the CNT-based composite. The fungus C. albicans combined with MWCNTs coprecipitated as an aggregate of cells and nanotubes that formed a viscous material. Microscopic analyses showed that Ca/MWCNTs formed a sort of artificial tissue. Slow temperature cycling was performed up to 12 days showing a stabilization of the temperature response of the material. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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