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Graphene phytotoxicity in the seedling stage of cabbage, tomato, red spinach, and lettuce

Parvin Begum, +2 more
- 01 Oct 2011 - 
- Vol. 49, Iss: 12, pp 3907-3919
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In this article, the effects of graphene on root and shoot growth, biomass, shape, cell death, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) of cabbage, tomato, red spinach, and lettuce, were investigated using a concentration range from 500 to 2000 mg/L.
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This article is published in Carbon.The article was published on 2011-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 326 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Spinach & Phytotoxicity.

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Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems

Andrea C. Ferrari, +68 more
- 04 Mar 2015 - 
TL;DR: An overview of the key aspects of graphene and related materials, ranging from fundamental research challenges to a variety of applications in a large number of sectors, highlighting the steps necessary to take GRMs from a state of raw potential to a point where they might revolutionize multiple industries are provided.
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Nanotoxicity of graphene and graphene oxide.

TL;DR: This review discusses recent results based on in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity and genotoxicity studies of graphene-related materials and critically examines the methodologies employed to evaluate their toxicities.
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Toxicity of engineered nanoparticles in the environment.

TL;DR: The current understanding of toxicity of engineered nanoparticles to representatives of various trophic levels is summarized to highlight important challenges within the field of econanotoxicity, challenges that analytical chemists are expertly poised to address.
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Graphene in the Aquatic Environment: Adsorption, Dispersion, Toxicity and Transformation

TL;DR: The mechanisms of GFNs toxicity at the cellular level are reviewed and the remaining unclear points on toxic mechanisms such as membrane damage are presented.
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Toxic Potential of Materials at the Nanolevel

TL;DR: The establishment of principles and test procedures to ensure safe manufacture and use of nanomaterials in the marketplace is urgently required and achievable.
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The structure of suspended graphene sheets

TL;DR: These studies by transmission electron microscopy reveal that individual graphene sheets freely suspended on a microfabricated scaffold in vacuum or air are not perfectly flat: they exhibit intrinsic microscopic roughening such that the surface normal varies by several degrees and out-of-plane deformations reach 1 nm.
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Cytotoxicity of Nanoparticles

TL;DR: For nanoparticles to move into the clinical arena, it is important that nanotoxicology research uncovers and understands how these multiple factors influence the toxicity of nanoparticles so that their undesirable properties can be avoided.
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