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. 2024 Mar 13;124(6):3085–3185. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00581

Table 5. Summary Table of Non-covalent CNM Functionalizations.

Material Functionalization Location Resulting Property Ref
SWCNTs Surfactants Surface - Aqueous solubility (617, 618)
  Oligonucleotides Surface - Aqueous solubility (619, 623)
      - Molecular recognition  
  Peptides Surface - Aqueous solubility (620623, 627, 630)
      - Molecular recognition  
  Proteins Surface - Aqueous solubility (624, 625)
  Polymers Surface - Aqueous solubility (626, 627)
  Antibodies Surface - Molecular recognition (627, 628)
  Halogen-doping Surface/Embedded - Increases electrical conductivity (631)
Carbon dots Oligonucleotides Surface - Quenches fluorescence (463, 632)
  Carboxylate Surface - Binds metals or polar molecules (633637)
Carbon nanohoops Iodine Internalized - Electrical stimuli-responsive multifunctional material (372)
  C60 Internalized - Quenches fluorescence (642, 643)
  Heteroatoms Surface from synthesis - Modifications to how rings assemble or are spaced (149, 650656)
Graphene/GO/RGO Arenes Surface - A stable base upon which other functionalization can be built without effecting properties of the material (658661)
  Oligonucleotides Surface - Aqueous solubility (664, 665)
      - Nanostructure self-assembly  
  Surfactants Surface - Solubility and phase transfer (663)
  Porphyrins Surface - Aqueous solubility (666668)
      - Increases electron transfer  
      - Healing of defective vacancies  
  Polymers Surface - Self-assembly (501, 662, 669)
      - Dispersion
  Chitosan Surface - Dispersion and pH sensitization (670)
  Metal nanoparticles Surface - Directs assembly (671691)
      - Increases electron transfer  
      - Molecular recognition  
  Quantum dots Surface - Increases electron transfer (693695)
      - Molecular recognition