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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2003
Timothy E. Mcknight, Greenback, TN (US);
Anatoli V. Melechko, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Guy D. Griffin, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Michael A. Guillorn, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vladimir L. Merkulov, Knoxvill, TN (US);
Michael L. Simpson, Knoxville, TN (US);
Timothy E. McKnight, Greenback, TN (US);
Anatoli V. Melechko, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Guy D. Griffin, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Michael A. Guillorn, Knoxville, TN (US);
Vladimir L. Merkulov, Knoxvill, TN (US);
Michael L. Simpson, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described for parallel macromolecular delivery and biochemical/electrochemical interface to whole cells employing carbon nanostructures including nanofibers and nanotubes. A method includes providing a first material on at least a first portion of a first surface of a first tip of a first elongated carbon nanostructure; providing a second material on at least a second portion of a second surface of a second tip of a second elongated carbon nanostructure, the second elongated carbon nanostructure coupled to, and substantially parallel to, the first elongated carbon nanostructure; and penetrating a boundary of a biological sample with at least one member selected from the group consisting of the first tip and the second tip.