Nanotubes: The Next Asbestos?
- 14 August 1998
- news
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Vol. 281 (5379) , 941
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5379.941
Abstract
There is potentially one very big fly in the ointment of nanotubes9 potential for use in molecular-scale electronic devices: toxicity. Nanotubes are rigid graphite cylinders, each just one or more nanometers wide and up to 100 micrometers long--and they resemble the shape of asbestos fibers that have been linked to cancer. Until potential health hazards have been evaluated, investigators are treating nanotubes with caution.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: