We report a facile strategy to obtain multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) functionalized with covalently bonded lysozyme. The functionalization procedure has been investigated by means of several techniques, including thermogravimetry, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. A functionalization of about 1 lysozyme molecule every 4000 carbon atoms is obtained. The modified lysozyme-CNTs nanocomposite shows a significant increase of the antibacterial activity towards the Gram-positive S. aureus if compared with lysozyme in solution
Merli, D., Ugonino, M., Profumo, A., Fagnoni, M., Quartarone, E., Mustarelli, P., et al. (2011). Increasing the antibacterial effect of lysozyme byimmobilization on multiwalled carbon nanotubes. JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, 11(4), 3100-3106 [10.1166/jnn.2011.3758].
Increasing the antibacterial effect of lysozyme byimmobilization on multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Mustarelli, P;
2011
Abstract
We report a facile strategy to obtain multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) functionalized with covalently bonded lysozyme. The functionalization procedure has been investigated by means of several techniques, including thermogravimetry, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. A functionalization of about 1 lysozyme molecule every 4000 carbon atoms is obtained. The modified lysozyme-CNTs nanocomposite shows a significant increase of the antibacterial activity towards the Gram-positive S. aureus if compared with lysozyme in solution
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