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On track with nanotubes

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DNA motors can transport CdS nanoparticles along tracks made of carbon nanotubes.

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Figure 1: DNA motors on carbon nanotube tracks.

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  1. Anand Jagota is in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University, D331 Iacocca Hall, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA,

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