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Cytocompatibility Evaluation of Gum Arabic-Coated Ultra-Pure Boron Nitride Nanotubes on Human Cells

Gianni Ciofani1 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Micro-BioRobotics@SSSA, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pisa, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Serena Del Turco2 CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Antonella Rocca1 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Micro-BioRobotics@SSSA, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pisa, Italy;3 Scuola Superiore Sant‘Anna, The BioRobotics Institute, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Giuseppe de Vito4 Scuola Normale Superiore, NEST, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127Pisa, Italy;5 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Nanotechnology Innovation @NEST, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Valentina Cappello4 Scuola Normale Superiore, NEST, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Maho Yamaguchi6 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), Namiki 1-1, 305-0044 Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Xia Li6 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), Namiki 1-1, 305-0044 Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Barbara Mazzolai1 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Micro-BioRobotics@SSSA, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Giuseppina Basta2 CNR, Institute of Clinical Physiology, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Mauro Gemmi4 Scuola Normale Superiore, NEST, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Vincenzo Piazza4 Scuola Normale Superiore, NEST, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Dmitri Golberg6 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), Namiki 1-1, 305-0044 Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Virgilio Mattoli1 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Micro-BioRobotics@SSSA, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pisa, ItalyView further author information
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Pages 773-788 | Received 03 Dec 2013, Published online: 01 Jul 2014

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