Nanotoxicology: an interdisciplinary challenge

HF Krug, P Wick - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing consumption of products containing nanomaterials that can be currently
observed and forecasts of new developments and applications fan the fear of individuals …

Carbon nanotube applications for tissue engineering

BS Harrison, A Atala - Biomaterials, 2007 - Elsevier
As the field of tissue engineering advances, new tools for better monitoring and evaluating of
engineered tissues along with new biomaterials to direct tissue growth are needed. Carbon …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanically strong, electrically conductive, and biocompatible graphene paper

H Chen, MB Müller, KJ Gilmore, GG Wallace… - Advanced …, 2008 - researchgate.net
Research on graphene was originally motivated by its peculiar electrical transport properties
and the promise of future applications in nanoelectronics.[1, 2] Graphene sheets, owing to …

Tissue biodistribution and blood clearance rates of intravenously administered carbon nanotube radiotracers

R Singh, D Pantarotto, L Lacerda… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are intensively being developed for biomedical applications
including drug and gene delivery. Although all possible clinical applications will require …

Carbon nanotubes as nanomedicines: from toxicology to pharmacology

L Lacerda, A Bianco, M Prato, K Kostarelos - Advanced drug delivery …, 2006 - Elsevier
Various biomedical applications of carbon nanotubes have been proposed in the last few
years leading to the emergence of a new field in diagnostics and therapeutics. Most of these …

Carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes in regenerative medicine

PA Tran, L Zhang, TJ Webster - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers have long been investigated for applications in
composite structural materials, semiconductor devices, and sensors. With the recent well …

Nanotechnology safety concerns revisited

ST Stern, SE McNeil - Toxicological sciences, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Nanotechnology is an emerging science involving manipulation of matter at the nanometer
scale. Due to concerns over nanomaterial risks, there has been a dramatic increase in …

A critical review of the biological mechanisms underlying the in vivo and in vitro toxicity of carbon nanotubes: The contribution of physico-chemical characteristics

HJ Johnston, GR Hutchison, FM Christensen… - …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This critical review of the available human health safety data, relating to carbon nanotubes
(CNTs), was conducted in order to assess the risks associated with CNT exposure …

Advancing risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials: application of computational approaches

A Gajewicz, B Rasulev, TC Dinadayalane… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2012 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology that develops novel materials at size of 100 nm or less has become one of
the most promising areas of human endeavor. Because of their intrinsic properties …

Review of carbon nanotubes toxicity and exposure—Appraisal of human health risk assessment based on open literature

K Aschberger, HJ Johnston, V Stone… - Critical reviews in …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess many unique electronic and mechanical properties and
are thus interesting for numerous novel industrial and biomedical applications. As the level …