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ArticleNature communications2021

Influence of the chirality of carbon nanodots on their interaction with proteins and cells.

Huijie Yan, Michele Cacioppo, Saad Megahed, Francesca Arcudi, Luka Đorđević, Dingcheng Zhu, Florian Schulz, Maurizio Prato, Wolfgang J Parak, Neus Feliu

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Huijie Yan *Fachbereich Physik, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universitat Hamburg, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
Michele Cacioppo *Fachbereich Physik, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universitat Hamburg, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-3397
Saad MegahedFachbereich Physik, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universitat Hamburg, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-5710
Francesca ArcudiDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-5241
Luka ĐorđevićDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-7110
Dingcheng ZhuFachbereich Physik, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universitat Hamburg, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
Florian SchulzFachbereich Physik, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universitat Hamburg, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
Maurizio PratoDepartment of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, INSTM UdR Trieste, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy. mprato@cicbiomagune.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8869-8612
Wolfgang J ParakFachbereich Physik, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universitat Hamburg, 22607, Hamburg, Germany. wolfgang.parak@uni-hamburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1672-6650
Neus FeliuFachbereich Physik, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universitat Hamburg, 22607, Hamburg, Germany. neus.feliu@physnet.uni-hamburg.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon nanodots with opposite chirality possess the same major physicochemical properties such as optical features, hydrodynamic diameter, and colloidal stability. Here, a detailed analysis about the comparison of the concentration of both carbon nanodots is carried out, putting a threshold to when differences in biological behavior may be related to chirality and may exclude effects based merely on differences in exposure concentrations due to uncertainties in concentration determination. The present study approaches this comparative analysis evaluating two basic biological phenomena, the protein adsorption and cell internalization. We find how a meticulous concentration error estimation enables the evaluation of the differences in biological effects related to chirality.

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Biological PhenomenaAdsorptionBiocompatible MaterialsCarbonHeLa CellsHumansNanoparticlesTHP-1 CellsBiocompatible MaterialsCarbon

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PMID34893594
PMCPMC8664908

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