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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Alginic Acid-Aided Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Boron Nitride Nanomaterials for Microbial Toxicity Testing.

Ying Wang, Monika Mortimer, Chong Hyun Chang, Patricia A Holden

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ying WangBren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute, University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. ywang@bren.ucsb.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5223-4074
Monika MortimerBren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute, University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. mmortimer@bren.ucsb.edu.
Chong Hyun ChangUniversity of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. chonghyun@ucla.edu.
Patricia A HoldenBren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute, University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA. holden@bren.ucsb.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6777-5359
University of California, Santa Barbara · USCalifornia NanoSystems Institute · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robust evaluation of potential environmental and health risks of carbonaceous and boron nitride nanomaterials (NMs) is imperative. However, significant agglomeration of pristine carbonaceous and boron nitride NMs due to strong van der Waals forces renders them not suitable for direct toxicity testing in aqueous media. Here, the natural polysaccharide alginic acid (AA) was used as a nontoxic, environmentally relevant dispersant with defined composition to disperse seven types of carbonaceous and boron nitride NMs, including multiwall carbon nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanotubes, and hexagonal boron nitride flakes, with various physicochemical characteristics. AA's biocompatibility was confirmed by examining AA effects on viability and growth of two model microorganisms (the protozoan

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agglomerationalginic acidbiocompatibilityboron nitridecarbon nanotubesdispersiongraphenemicrobiological medianon-covalent functionalization

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PMID29385723
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