摘要
Because the physical and chemical properties of nanosized materials mostly differ from the existing microsized materials, their potential impacts on human health and the envi-ronment will be topics under the serious discussions in press and in a number of international scientific journals. We analyze and summarize the existing data of the experimental study on the biological activities and adverse effects of nanoscale materials/particles including single wall carbon nanotubes, multi wall carbon nanotubes, titanium oxide and iron powders. Though some biological behaviors of nanoscale materials observed cannot be understood on the basis of the current knowledge, as the existing data are mostly preliminary, it is too early to make some ex-clusive conclusions on biological activities (or the toxicity) of any of nanoscale materials. The experimental techniques, the current topics, and the future research directions for this new re-search field are also discussed.
Because the physical and chemical properties of nanosized materials mostly differ from the existing microsized materials, their potential impacts on human health and the envi-ronment will be topics under the serious discussions in press and in a number of international scientific journals. We analyze and summarize the existing data of the experimental study on the biological activities and adverse effects of nanoscale materials/particles including single wall carbon nanotubes, multi wall carbon nanotubes, titanium oxide and iron powders. Though some biological behaviors of nanoscale materials observed cannot be understood on the basis of the current knowledge, as the existing data are mostly preliminary, it is too early to make some ex-clusive conclusions on biological activities (or the toxicity) of any of nanoscale materials. The experimental techniques, the current topics, and the future research directions for this new re-search field are also discussed.
作者
WANG Bing1, FENG Weiyue1, ZHAO Yuliang1, XING Gengmei1, CHAI Zhifang1, WANG Haifang2 & JIA Guang3 1. Laboratory for Bio-Environmental Health Sciences of Nanoscale Materials (Nanosafety Lab), Institute of High Energy Physics, Chi-nese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
2. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
3. Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China
基金
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10490180)
the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2001CCA03800)
the Chinese Academy of Sciences
National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Institute of High Energy Physics.
