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- Title
Citric acid could reduce toxicity.
- Authors
Murphy, Marina
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study which found that the toxic effects of buckyballs or fullerenes could be overcome by adding citric acid. Buckyballs are hollow carbon balls that have been adopted for use in nanotechnology and biomedical applications. Because buckyballs are hydrophobic, they can clump together forming lumps that contain thousands of molecules that are toxic to microorganisms and even fish. Researchers have found that by adding citric acid to buckyballs they could get reproducible sphere-shaped aggregates and that the more citric acid added, the smaller the size of the aggregates.
- Subjects
CHEMICAL research; BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE; FULLERENES; CITRIC acid; TOXICOLOGICAL chemistry; TOXICOLOGICAL interactions
- Publication
Chemistry & Industry, 2008, Issue 7, p7
- ISSN
0009-3068
- Publication type
Article