Biodegradation of Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Their Derivatives

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 836-846

  Chen, Ming ^a,b   Qin, Xiaosheng ^b   Zeng, Guangming ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

biodegradation; carbon nanotube; enzyme.; graphene; graphene oxide; microbe

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON NANOTUBES; DRUG DELIVERY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYMES; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; YARN;

CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; LIVING ORGANISMS; MICROBE; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECENT PROGRESS;

BIODEGRADATION;

2 METHOXYNAPHTHALENE; 2 NAPHTHOL; CINNAMALDEHYDE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHITE; ISOPHTHALIC ACID; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA KURURIENSIS; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHANEROCHAETE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPARASSIS; SPARASSIS LATIFOLIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TRABULSIELLA GUAMENSIS; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; GRAPHITE; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 85008444960     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.12.001     Document Type: Review

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