ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR FULLERENES

摘要

This invention provides antibodies specific for a fullerene or derivative thereof, a single-walled fullerene nanotube, and a multi-walled fullerene nanotube, wherein the fullerene is selected from the group consisting of a fullerene carbon compound having from 20 to 540 carbon atoms. The antibodies may be monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies. This invention provides a hybridoma produced by the fusion of a mouse antibody-producing cell and a mouse myeloma which is designated 1-10F-8A and deposited with the ATCC under Accession Number PTA-279, said hybridoma producing a monoclonal antibody whi ch binds to fullerene C60. This invention provides a mouse monoclonal antibody specific for a fullerene-C60 and produced by the mouse monoclonal antibody- producing hybridoma designated 1-10F-8A. This invention also provides method s of determining a serum concentration of a fullerene in a subject and of purifying a fullerene from a sample. This invention provides methods of preparing nonascale devices which comprise manipulating a single-walled or a multi-walled fullerene nanotube(s) with the above-described antibodies specific for single-walled or multi-walled fullerene nanotubes to assemble electronic or chemical components of the nanoscale device.