Crucial parameters responsible for carbon nanotubes toxicity

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-154

  Nayak, Tapas Ranjan ^a   Leow, Pay Chin ^a   Ee, Pui Lai Rachel ^a   Arockiadoss, Thevasahayam ^b   Ramaprabhu, Sundara ^b   Pastorin, Giorgia ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Functionalization; In vitro toxicity; MTT assay; Purity

Indexed keywords

NANOTUBES; TOXICITY; YARN;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; IN-VITRO; MTT ASSAYS; PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PURITY; SIDEWALL FUNCTIONALIZATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NANOTUBE FUNCTIONALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77951101771     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341310790945696     Document Type: Article

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