ArticleCarbon2013
Disruption of Model Cell Membranes by Carbon Nanotubes.
Article in Carbon, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Evaluating the Impact of Carbon Nanoparticles on the Interfacial Properties of the Pulmonary Surfactant Film.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Challenges and opportunities in the application of carbon nanotubes as membrane channels to improve mass transfer to cells.RSC advances · 2025Review
- Cholesterol mediates the potential adverse influence of graphene quantum dots on placental lipid membrane model.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Carbon-Based Materials for Articular Tissue Engineering: From Innovative Scaffolding Materials toward Engineered Living Carbon.Advanced healthcare materials · 2022Review
- Yttrium Residues in MWCNT Enable Assessment of MWCNT Removal during Wastewater Treatment.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Review
- Nanoparticles as Theranostic Vehicles in Experimental and Clinical Applications-Focus on Prostate and Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017Review
- The pulmonary inflammatory response to multiwalled carbon nanotubes is influenced by gender and glutathione synthesis.Redox biology · 2016Article
- Design, challenge, and promise of stimuli-responsive nanoantibiotics.Nano convergence · 2016Review
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Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have one of the highest production volumes among carbonaceous engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) worldwide and are have potential uses in applications including biomedicine, nanocomposites, and energy conversion. However, CNTs possible widespread usage and associated likelihood for biological exposures have driven concerns regarding their nanotoxicity and ecological impact. In this work, we probe the responses of planar suspended lipid bilayer membranes, used as model cell membranes, to functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), CdSe/ZnS quantum dots, and a control organic compound, melittin, using an electrophysiological measurement platform. The electrophysiological measurements show that MWCNTs in a concentration range of 1.6 to 12 ppm disrupt lipid membranes by inducing significant transmembrane current fluxes, which suggest that MWCNTs insert and traverse the lipid bilayer membrane, forming transmembrane carbon nanotubes channels that allow the transport of ions. This paper demonstrates a direct measurement of ion migration across lipid bilayers induced by CNTs. Electrophysiological measurements can provide unique insights into the lipid bilayer-ENPs interactions and have the potential to serve as a preliminary screening tool for nanotoxicity.
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