The degree and kind of agglomeration affect carbon nanotube cytotoxicity

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-131

  Wick, Peter ^a   Manser, Pius ^a   Limbach, Ludwig K ^d   Dettlaff Weglikowska, Ursula ^b   Krumeich, Frank ^c   Roth, Siegmar ^b   Stark, Wendelin J ^d   Bruinink, Arie ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c LABORATORY OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

In vitro tests; Nanoparticle risk; Polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate; Single wall carbon nanotubes; Suspension; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARBON NANOTUBE; NICKEL; POLYSORBATE 80; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY;

ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; CARBON; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; HEXOSES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 33846006223     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.08.019     Document Type: Article

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