Penetration and toxicity of nanomaterials in higher plants

Nanomaterials

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 851-873

  Chichiriccò, Giuseppe ^a   Poma, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs); Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); Cytotoxicity; Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs); Nanomaterials (NMs); Nanoparticles (NPs); Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937543615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano5020851     Document Type: Review

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