Safety considerations for graphene: Lessons learnt from carbon nanotubes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 692-701

  Bussy, Cyrill ^a   Ali Boucetta, Hanene ^a   Kostarelos, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

CELL SURVIVAL; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 84875309339     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300199e     Document Type: Article

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