Cellulose nanowhiskers: Preparation, characterization and cytotoxicity evaluation

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 121-127

  Ni, Hong ^a   Zeng, Siquan ^a   Wu, Jing ^b,c   Cheng, Xiangrong ^c   Luo, Tao ^c   Wang, Weiyang ^c   Zeng, Weijuan ^c   Chen, Yun ^c  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xiamen Winsun Biotechnology Co   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose; cytotoxicity; nanowhiskers

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; AVERAGE LENGTH; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS; COTTON LINTERS; LOW TOXICITY; MTT ASSAYS; NANOBIOMATERIALS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; ROD-LIKE STRUCTURES; SEM AND TEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; XRD PATTERNS;

CELL CULTURE; CELLULOSE; COTTON; DISPERSIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; NANOWHISKERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFURIC ACID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CYTOTOXICITY;

CELLULOSE; COTTON; DISPERSIONS; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFURIC ACID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

CELLULOSE; DRUG CARRIER; NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; GOSSYPIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULOSE; DRUG CARRIERS; GOSSYPIUM; MICE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84863688746     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-2012-0697     Document Type: Conference Paper

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