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Inside Cover: Asbestos‐like Pathogenicity of Long Carbon Nanotubes Alleviated by Chemical Functionalization (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 8/2013)
Author(s) -
AliBoucetta Hanene,
Nunes Antonio,
Sainz Raquel,
Herrero M. Antonia,
Tian Bowen,
Prato Maurizio,
Bianco Alberto,
Kostarelos Kostas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201300458
Subject(s) - surface modification , carbon nanotube , cover (algebra) , nanotechnology , materials science , chemical modification , pathogenicity , carbon fibers , chemistry , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , composite material , biology , engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , mechanical engineering , composite number
Alleviation of the asbestos‐like pathogenicity of long, pristine carbon nanotubes is possible by modifying their surface and reducing their effective length by de‐bundling, following certain types of chemical functionalization. In their Communication on page 2274 ff., M. Prato, A. Bianco, K. Kostarelos, et al. show that a 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition reaction on carbon nanotubes produces well‐dispersed individualized nanotubes with a risk‐free toxicity profile.