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Thickness of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Affects Their Lung Toxicity Ivana Fenoglio,*,†,⊥,# Elisabetta Aldieri,‡,⊥ Elena Gazzano,‡,⊥ Federico Cesano,†,# Massimiliano Colonna,†,⊥ Domenica Scarano,†,# Gianna Mazzucco,∥ Angelo Attanasio,∥ Yousof Yakoub,§ Dominique Lison,§ and Bice Fubini†,⊥,# †
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Torino, via P. Giuria 7, Torino 10125, Italy Dipartimento di Genetica, Biologia e Biochimica, Università degli Studi di Torino, via Santena, 5/bis, Torino 10126, Italy § Louvain Centre of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Mounier, Box B1.52.12, 1200 Brussels, Belgium ∥ Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Oncologia Umana, Università di Torino, via Santena 7, Torino 10126, Italy ⊥ Interdepartmental Center “G. Scansetti” for Studies on Asbestos and other Toxic Particulates, Università degli Studi di Torino, via P. Giuria 7, Torino 10125, Italy # Interdepartmental Center for Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces (NIS), Università degli Studi di Torino, via P. Giuria 7, Torino 10125, Italy ‡
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ABSTRACT: Two samples of highly pure multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) similar in hydrophobicity and surface reactivity were prepared with similar length,
