Chirality sensitive binding of tryptophan enantiomers with pristine single wall carbon nanotubes†
Tamoghna Bhattacharyya,Sarita Roy,Anjan Kr. Dasgupta
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Pub Date : 05/01/2014 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C4CP00271G
Abstract

We report the differential binding nature of pristine single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with tryptophan enantiomers. The differential co-operative response between the pristine SWNTs (topologically chiral) and L- and D-tryptophan (geometrically chiral) provides the insight that geometrical chirality itself manifests with topological chirality in a complex way.

Graphical abstract: Chirality sensitive binding of tryptophan enantiomers with pristine single wall carbon nanotubes