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Radiotherapy plays a very important role in cancer treatment. Radiosensitizers have been widely used to enhance the radiosensitivity of cancer cells at given radiations. Here we fabricate multi-walled carbon nanotubes with ammonium persulfate, and get very short samples with 30-50 nanometer length. Cell viability assay show that f-WCNTs induce cell death significantly. We hypothesize that free radicals originated from hydroxyl and carbonyl groups on the surface of f-WCNTs lead cell damage.
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Yang, JS., Yu, BZ. & Li, WX. A new potential radiosensitizer: ammonium persulfate modified WCNTs. Nat Prec (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2007.1421.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2007.1421.1