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Acute, controlled inhalation of thin graphene oxide nanosheets in humans with null cardiorespiratory effects

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A double-blind, randomized, controlled human exposure trial of highly purified and thin nanometre-sized graphene oxide nanosheets shows that acute inhalation of aerosolized nanoparticles is not associated with harmful effects in healthy humans.

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Fig. 1: Morphologies of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets used to generate aerosolized particles for controlled inhalation.

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Vogel, U. Acute, controlled inhalation of thin graphene oxide nanosheets in humans with null cardiorespiratory effects. Nat. Nanotechnol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01639-9

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