An insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on human health: A review

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained significant attention due to their unique mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. These exciting properties of CNTs make them productive in various applications, from electronics to optics to therapeutics. However, concerns about the potential toxicity of...

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Main Authors: Shikha Awasthi, Ankur Srivastava, Deepak Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar Pandey, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Khalid Ansari
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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description Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained significant attention due to their unique mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. These exciting properties of CNTs make them productive in various applications, from electronics to optics to therapeutics. However, concerns about the potential toxicity of carbon nanotubes have also been raised, prompting extensive research to understand their effects on human health and the environment. Several studies have investigated the toxicity of carbon nanotubes, and the results vary depending on factors such as size, shape, surface chemistry, and the route of exposure. This review highlights the toxicological aspects of CNTs with a special focus on the major consequences of CNT toxicity. The study unfolds the prospects on how the toxicity of CNTs causes adverse effects on the central nervous system, kidney, spleen, eye, cardiac, etc., and thus can influence numerous applications covering from clinical to environmental. Moreover, the report offers an imperative deliberation over the curing or remedies of CNT toxicity, which can provide collective insights for the researchers. Thus, this review report provides the developments, implications, and different approaches to CNT toxicity so that the readers can clearly understand the wide-ranging forecasts of CNT toxicity.
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spelling doaj-art-dd2e02d4a81e485ab4e2e28e846c96e72024-12-08T06:13:06ZengElsevierEnvironmental Advances2666-76572024-12-0118100601An insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on human health: A reviewShikha Awasthi0Ankur Srivastava1Deepak Kumar2Sarvesh Kumar Pandey3Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak4Mohammad Hadi Dehghani5Khalid Ansari6Department of Chemistry, Manipal University Jaipur 303007, India; Corresponding authors.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur 303007, India; Corresponding authors.Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Physical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab 144411, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal 462003, India; Corresponding authors.Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, Brunei Darussalam; Department of Biosciences, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India; Centre for Research Impact & Outcome, Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab 140401, India; Corresponding author at: Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan BE1410, Brunei Darussalam.Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Center for Solid Waste Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Corresponding author at: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Civil Engineering, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra 441110, IndiaCarbon nanotubes (CNTs) have gained significant attention due to their unique mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. These exciting properties of CNTs make them productive in various applications, from electronics to optics to therapeutics. However, concerns about the potential toxicity of carbon nanotubes have also been raised, prompting extensive research to understand their effects on human health and the environment. Several studies have investigated the toxicity of carbon nanotubes, and the results vary depending on factors such as size, shape, surface chemistry, and the route of exposure. This review highlights the toxicological aspects of CNTs with a special focus on the major consequences of CNT toxicity. The study unfolds the prospects on how the toxicity of CNTs causes adverse effects on the central nervous system, kidney, spleen, eye, cardiac, etc., and thus can influence numerous applications covering from clinical to environmental. Moreover, the report offers an imperative deliberation over the curing or remedies of CNT toxicity, which can provide collective insights for the researchers. Thus, this review report provides the developments, implications, and different approaches to CNT toxicity so that the readers can clearly understand the wide-ranging forecasts of CNT toxicity.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666765724001194CNTIn vivo toxicityIn vitro toxicityInflammationCardiovascular disease
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Ankur Srivastava
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Mohammad Hadi Dehghani
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An insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on human health: A review
Environmental Advances
CNT
In vivo toxicity
In vitro toxicity
Inflammation
Cardiovascular disease
title An insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on human health: A review
title_full An insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on human health: A review
title_fullStr An insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on human health: A review
title_full_unstemmed An insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on human health: A review
title_short An insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on human health: A review
title_sort insight into the toxicological impacts of carbon nanotubes cnts on human health a review
topic CNT
In vivo toxicity
In vitro toxicity
Inflammation
Cardiovascular disease
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666765724001194
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