Fractal structures of single-walled carbon nanotubes in biologically relevant conditions: Role of chirality vs. media conditions

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1997-2003

  Khan, Iftheker A ^a   Aich, Nirupam ^a   Afrooz, A R M Nabiul ^a   Flora, Joseph R V ^a   Schierz, P Ariette ^b   Ferguson, P Lee ^c   Sabo Attwood, Tara ^d   Saleh, Navid B ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Chirality; Fractal dimension; Single walled carbon nanotubes; Static light scattering

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; CELL CULTURE; CHIRALITY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAMMALS; NANOTUBES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; FETAL BOVINE SERUM; FRACTAL AGGREGATE; FRACTAL STRUCTURES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWNTS); STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTION;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

AGGREGATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FULLERENE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PROTEIN; SERUM;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DULBECCO MODIFIED EAGLE MEDIUM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MINIMUM ESSENTIAL MEDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROSWELL PARK MEMORIAL INSTITUTE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BOVINAE;

AGGREGATION; CHIRALITY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING;

FRACTALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 84886416507     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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