Research Article

The Effect of DNA and Sodium Cholate Dispersed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on the Green Algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Table 1

Relative dispersion of SWCNT preparations.

Fluorescence efficiency (nW/cm)638 nm690 nm784 nm

SWCNT −0.00299−0.00062−0.00126
SC:SWCNT0.679970.406810.77064
DNA:SWCNT1.095070.755411.6632

Fluorescence efficiency as calculated by ANFSoft (Applied Nanofluorescence; Houston, TX) as total fluorescence output divided by total absorbance on the principle that more well-dispersed SWCNTs have greater fluorescence output. Measurements are relative with greater positive values signifying greater dispersion in solution.