Toxicity mechanism of graphene oxide and nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots in RBCs revealed by surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Tiantian Wang,
Shoujun Zhu,
Xiue Jiang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
toxicology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2045-4538
pISSN - 2045-452X
DOI - 10.1039/c4tx00138a
Subject(s) - graphene , lipid bilayer , oxide , quantum dot , hemolysis , infrared spectroscopy , absorption spectroscopy , absorption (acoustics) , membrane , spectroscopy , chemistry , materials science , biophysics , photochemistry , nanotechnology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , optics , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , composite material , immunology
GO can extract the lipid bilayer of RBCs membranes, resulting in hemolysis and aberrant forms. In contrast, GQDs just disturb the structure and conformation of the lipid, resulting in only aberrant cells.
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