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How safe are nanotubes and other nanofilaments?

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The author is thankful to his students and post-doctoral associates S. Dimovski, J.A. Libera and Dr. H. Ye for SEM and TEM images, and Dr. P. Katsikis for reading the manuscript and helpful discussions.

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Gogotsi, Y. How safe are nanotubes and other nanofilaments?. Mat Res Innovat 7, 192–194 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10019-003-0257-z

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