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As mentioned in the previous two chapters, the increased use of nanomaterials in biomedicine has also created keen interest in exploring their interactions with tissues, cells, and biomolecules [1]. A detailed understanding of how nanomaterials interact with biomolecules at the molecular level is essential to the safe usage of nanoparticle-based biomedical technologies [2–8]. Recently, the interactions between proteins, nucleic acids (such as DNA), and cell membranes with nanomaterials (particularly, graphitic nanomaterials) have been studied extensively using experiments and simulations, and they have been shown to affect both the structure and function of biological systems, resulting in serious cytotoxicity and biosafety concerns.

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