Issue 4, 2017

Towards a classification strategy for complex nanostructures

Abstract

The range of possible nanostructures is so large and continuously growing, that collating and unifying the knowledge connected to them, including their biological activity, is a major challenge. Here we discuss a concept that is based on the connection of microscopic features of the nanomaterials to their biological impacts. We also consider what would be necessary to identify the features that control their biological interactions, and make them resemble each other in a biological context.

Graphical abstract: Towards a classification strategy for complex nanostructures

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
08 12 2016
Accepted
13 3 2017
First published
13 3 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Horiz., 2017,2, 187-198

Towards a classification strategy for complex nanostructures

V. Castagnola, J. Cookman, J. M. de Araújo, E. Polo, Q. Cai, C. P. Silveira, Ž. Krpetić, Y. Yan, L. Boselli and K. A. Dawson, Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 187 DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00219F

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