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ArticleRSC advances2018

Facile production of nanocomposites of carbon nanotubes and polycaprolactone with high aspect ratios with potential applications in drug delivery.

Edyta Niezabitowska, Jessica Smith, Mark R Prestly, Riaz Akhtar, Felix W von Aulock, Yan Lavallée, Hanene Ali-Boucetta, Tom O McDonald

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Article in RSC advances, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes as Anti-Tumor Drug Carriers.International journal of nanomedicine · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Edyta NiezabitowskaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK. Email: Thomas.Mcdonald@liverpool.ac.uk.
Jessica SmithDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK. Email: Thomas.Mcdonald@liverpool.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-0087-8174
Mark R PrestlyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK. Email: Thomas.Mcdonald@liverpool.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-1111-6482
Riaz AkhtarDepartment of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L69 3GH, UK.
Felix W von AulockSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Jane Herdman Building, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK.
Yan LavalléeSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Jane Herdman Building, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GP, UK.
Hanene Ali-BoucettaThe School of Pharmacy, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Tom O McDonaldDepartment of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZD, UK. Email: Thomas.Mcdonald@liverpool.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-9273-9173

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The geometries and surface properties of nanocarriers greatly influence the interaction between nanomaterials and living cells. In this work we combine multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) to produce non-spherical nanocomposites with high aspect ratios by using a facile emulsion solvent evaporation method. Particles were characterised by dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and asymmetric flow field flow fractionation (AF4). Different sizes and morphologies of nanoparticles were produced depending on the concentration of the sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), CNTs and PCL. Rod-like PCL-CNT nanostructures with low polydispersity were obtained with 1.5 mg mL

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PMCPMC6003547

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