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Carbon Nanomaterials: Potential Risks to Human Health and the Environment

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Carbon nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes , graphene , and graphene oxide, are perspective for application in electronics, energy storage, aerospace and defense industries, biomedicine, etc. In the chapter, we briefly overview the structure, unique properties, current and future applications of carbon nanomaterials. Their effects on living systems are considered in details. We identify the potential health and environmental risks related to the release of the carbon nanoparticles to the environment. The chapter addresses the issues of bioaccumulation and biodegradation of the carbon nanomaterials.

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Abbreviations

CNT:

Carbon Nanotube

GO:

Graphene Oxide

SWCNT:

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube

MWCNT:

Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube

TEM:

Transmission Electron Microscopy

AFM:

Atomic Force Microscope

ROS:

Reactive Oxygen Species

NIOSH:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

CDC:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant nos. 16-29-06290 ofi_m).

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Sinitsyna, O.V., Meshkov, G.B., Yaminsky, I.V. (2018). Carbon Nanomaterials: Potential Risks to Human Health and the Environment. In: Rai, M., Biswas, J. (eds) Nanomaterials: Ecotoxicity, Safety, and Public Perception. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05144-0_12

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