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Antimicrobial Activity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Length Effect Cheenou Yang,† Jaouad Mamouni,† Yongan Tang,‡ and Liju Yang*,† †
Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprises (BRITE) and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ‡Department of Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 Received May 11, 2010
This study investigated the effect of SWCNTs’ length on their antimicrobial activity to bacterial cells in suspensions. Three different lengths of SWCNTs (
