Synthesis, characterization and In-vitro studies of CNT/Gd2O3 hybrid structure

Paul, R and Chatterjee, D and Das Ghosh, L and Narayanswamy, V and Singh, MP and Agarwal, M and Ghosh, D and Radhakrishna, M and Tiwary, CS and Provazník, I and Chattopadhyay, K (2023) Synthesis, characterization and In-vitro studies of CNT/Gd2O3 hybrid structure. In: Carbon Trends, 11 .

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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes have been explored in various fields of science and technology due to their unique properties. However, their toxic nature put limitations to its consideration for the bio-medical applications. In our work, we report the synthesis of paramagnetic CNT/Gd2O3 hybrid nanostructures through easily scalable electrochemical deposition technique. The nanostructure has shown significant longitudinal relaxivity of 18.93 mM−1s−1 for water protons indicating its possibility to be used as an MRI contrast agent. The in-vitro cytotoxicity test on the normal (HaCaT) and cancerous (HeLa) cells reveal that CNT/Gd2O3 hybrid nanostructure is bio-compatible in comparison to the pure CNTs, which is further supported by our theoretical studies using MD simulations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Carbon Trends
Publisher:	Elsevier Ltd
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords:	Biomedical application; Carbon nanotube; Gadolinium oxide; Paramagnetism
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2023 06:17
Last Modified:	14 Jul 2023 06:17
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/82390

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