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A universal receptor

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Complexes made of carbon nanotubes and polymers can potentially be used to selectively detect almost any molecule.

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Figure 1: The general chemical recognition principle developed by Strano and colleagues6 and its use in the detection of riboflavin in vivo.

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Bonifazi, D. A universal receptor. Nature Nanotech 8, 896–897 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.266

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