Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 424-431 , December 2009

Influence of purity and surface oxidation on cytotoxicity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with human neuroblastoma cells

  • Orazio Vittorio, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in Micro- and Nano-engineering (CRIM) Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
    • Department of Oncology, Transplantation and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: CRIM Lab—Research Centre in Microengineering Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, c/o Cisanello Hospital, 2 56124 Pisa, Italy.
    • ,
  • Vittoria Raffa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in Micro- and Nano-engineering (CRIM) Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Alfred Cuschieri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research in Micro- and Nano-engineering (CRIM) Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy

Received 16 September 2008 ,Accepted 17 February 2009.

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 No conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

 The activity presented in this work has been supported by the NINIVE (Non Invasive Nanotransducer for In vivo gene thErapy, STRP 033378) project, co-financed by the 6FP of the European Commission.

PII: S1549-9634(09)00060-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.02.006

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 424-431 , December 2009

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