• 文献标题:   Degradation of Single-Layer and Few-Layer Graphene by Neutrophil Myeloperoxidase
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KURAPATI R, MUKHERJEE SP, MARTIN C, BEPETE G, VAZQUEZ E, PENICAUD A, FADEEL B, BIANCO A
  • 作者关键词:   biodegradation, carbon nanomaterial, graphene, lung, neutrophil
  • 出版物名称:   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIEINTERNATIONAL EDITION
  • ISSN:   1433-7851 EI 1521-3773
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Strasbourg
  • 被引频次:   28
  • DOI:   10.1002/anie.201806906
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Biodegradability of graphene is one of the fundamental parameters determining the fate of this material invivo. Two types of aqueous dispersible graphene, corresponding to single-layer (SLG) and few-layer graphene (FLG), devoid of either chemical functionalization or stabilizing surfactants, were subjected to biodegradation by human myeloperoxidase (hMPO) mediated catalysis. Graphene biodegradation was also studied in the presence of activated, degranulating human neutrophils. The degradation of both FLG and SLG sheets was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy analyses, leading to the conclusion that highly dispersed pristine graphene is not biopersistent.