Journal article
Biological interactions and safety of graphene materials
MRS bulletin, v 37(12), pp 1307-1313
01 Dec 2012
PMID: 25018584
Abstract
As graphene technologies progress to commercialization and large-scale manufacturing, issues of material and processing safety will need to be more seriously considered. The single word “graphene” actually represents a family of related materials with large variations in number of layers, surface area, lateral dimensions, stiffness, and surface chemistry. Many of these materials have aerodynamic diameters below 5 μm and can potentially be inhaled into the human lung. Graphene materials show several unique modes of interaction with biological molecules, tissues, and cells. The limited literature suggests that graphene materials can be either benign or harmful and that the biological response varies according to a material’s physicochemical properties and biologically effective dose. The present article reviews the current literature on the graphene–biological interface with an emphasis on the mechanisms and fundamental biological responses relevant to material safety and also to potential biomedical applications
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Details
- Title
- Biological interactions and safety of graphene materials
- Creators
- Ashish C. Jachak - John Brown UniversityMegan Creighton - John Brown UniversityYang Qiu - John Brown UniversityAgnes B. Kane - John Brown UniversityRobert H. Hurt - Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
- Publication Details
- MRS bulletin, v 37(12), pp 1307-1313
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000311491900020
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84870047751
- Other Identifier
- 991021229908304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Physics, Applied