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Chemistry-A European Journal 2011, 17(6), 1806-1810
Direct Determination of Bioavailable Molybdenum in Carbon Nanotubes
- Marcella Giovanni, Adriano Ambrosi, Martin Pumera*
Bioavailable residual metallic impurities within carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are responsible for the toxicity of CNTs. Herein we present a method for fast, sensitive determination of bioavailable molybdenum residual catalyst impurities within CNTs by using electrochemical oxidation in neutral pH buffers at low potentials. This method is unique because no other method can rapidly distinguish between bioavailable/mobilizable impurities from defects in CNTs and between the total amounts of impurities. This method will be indispensable for future toxicological studies of CNTs.
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