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Mechanistic insights into nanotoxicity determined by synchrotron radiation-based Fourier-transform infrared imaging and multivariate analysis. / Riding, Matthew J.; Trevisan, Júlio; Hirschmugl, Carol J. et al.
In: Environment International, Vol. 50, 01.12.2012, p. 56-65.

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Riding MJ, Trevisan J, Hirschmugl CJ, Jones KC, Semple KT, Martin FL. Mechanistic insights into nanotoxicity determined by synchrotron radiation-based Fourier-transform infrared imaging and multivariate analysis. Environment International. 2012 Dec 1;50:56-65. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.09.009

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Riding, Matthew J. ; Trevisan, Júlio ; Hirschmugl, Carol J. et al. / Mechanistic insights into nanotoxicity determined by synchrotron radiation-based Fourier-transform infrared imaging and multivariate analysis. In: Environment International. 2012 ; Vol. 50. pp. 56-65.

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title = "Mechanistic insights into nanotoxicity determined by synchrotron radiation-based Fourier-transform infrared imaging and multivariate analysis",
abstract = "Our ability to identify the mechanisms by which carbon-based nanomaterials (CBNs) exert toxicity in cells is constrained by the lack of standardized methodologies to assay endpoint effects. Herein we describe a method of mechanistically identifying the effects of various CBN types in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells using multi-beam synchrotron radiation-based Fourier-transform infrared imaging (SR-FTIRI) at diffraction-limited resolution. This technique overcomes many of the inherent difficulties of assaying nanotoxicity and demonstrates exceptional sensitivity in identifying the effects of CBNs in cells at environmentally-relevant concentrations. We identify key mechanisms of nanotoxicity as the alteration of Amide and lipid biomolecules, but propose more specific bioactivity of CBNs occurs as a result of specific interactions between CBN structural conformation and cellular characteristics.",
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author = "Riding, {Matthew J.} and J{\'u}lio Trevisan and Hirschmugl, {Carol J.} and Jones, {Kevin C.} and Semple, {Kirk T.} and Martin, {Francis L.}",
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AU - Semple, Kirk T.

AU - Martin, Francis L.

PY - 2012/12/1

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KW - Multivariate analysis

KW - Nanotoxicity

KW - Spectroscopy

KW - Synchrotron radiation

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