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Adsorption of Essential Micronutrients by Carbon Nanotubes and the Implications for Nanotoxicity Testing
Author(s) -
Guo Lin,
Von Dem Bussche Annette,
Buechner Michelle,
Yan Aihui,
Kane Agnes B.,
Hurt Robert H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200700754
Subject(s) - library science , computer science
Hungry nanotubes : Single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) compete with cells by interacting with folate and other essential micronutrients in cell culture medium (see picture). Sequestering of folate can cause apparent toxicity even without direct nanotube–cell contact through a new “starvation” mechanism.