Fabrication of a Biocompatible Liquid Crystal Graphene Oxide–Gold Nanorods Electro‐ and Photoactive Interface for Cell Stimulation

@article{Duc2019FabricationOA,
  title={Fabrication of a Biocompatible Liquid Crystal Graphene Oxide–Gold Nanorods Electro‐ and Photoactive Interface for Cell Stimulation},
  author={Daniela Duc and Paul R. Stoddart and Sally L. Mcarthur and Robert M I Kapsa and Anita F Quigley and Mitchell Boyd-Moss and Simon E. Moulton},
  journal={Advanced Healthcare Materials},
  year={2019},
  volume={8},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:73464566}
}
A novel electroactive nanocomposite with photoactive properties in the NIR range is constructed by N‐(3‐dimethylaminopropyl)‐N′‐ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride/N‐hydroxysulfosuccinimide sodium (EDC)/NHS conjugation of liquid crystal graphene oxide to protein‐coated gold nanorods (AuNR).
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