Different cellular response mechanisms contribute to the length-dependent cytotoxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Liu, Dun ^a   Wang, Lijun ^a   Wang, Zhigang ^a   Cuschieri, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cell type; Cytotoxicity; Length effect

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; MAMMALS; NANOTUBES; TOXICITY;

ASSAY SYSTEM; BIOCOMPATIBLE COATINGS; CELL TYPES; CELLULAR RESPONSE; EPITHELIAL CANCER CELLS; IMMUNE CELLS; LENGTH EFFECTS; RAW 264.7 CELLS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864006786     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-361     Document Type: Article

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