Cytotoxicity of graphene: Recent advances and future perspective

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 452-474

  Zhou, Ruhong ^a,b   Gao, Huajian ^c  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOMACROMOLECULES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS;

GRAPHENE;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; GRAPHENE; LIPID; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

BACTERIAL CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA DAMAGE; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84905025475     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1277     Document Type: Review

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