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Oxidative biodegradation of single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes
Julie Russier, Cécilia Ménard-Moyon, Enrica Venturelli, Edmond Gravel, Gabriele Marcolongo, Moreno Meneghetti, Eric Doris and Alberto Bianco
Nanoscale, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00779J
In this study, the authors compare the biodegradation of SWCNTs and MWCNTs using two different oxidative conditions. They demostrate that treating oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes with horseradish peroxidase in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, degrades the MWCNT almost to completeness.
With an increasing industrial production and presence of CNTs, the exploration of their biodegradation is of fundamental importance, especially for biomedical applications.
