Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation

Daniel A Heller^{1

2}, Prakrit V Jena³, Matteo Pasquali^{4

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6}, Kostas Kostarelos^{7

8}, Lucia G Delogu⁹, Rachel E Meidl¹⁰, Slava V Rotkin^{11

12}, David A Scheinberg^{3

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14}, Robert E Schwartz¹³, Mauricio Terrones¹⁵, YuHuang Wang¹⁶, Alberto Bianco¹⁷, Ardemis A Boghossian¹⁸, Sofie Cambré¹⁹, Laurent Cognet²⁰, Simon R Corrie²¹, Philip Demokritou²², Silvia Giordani²³, Tobias Hertel²⁴, Tetyana Ignatova²⁵, Mohammad F Islam²⁶, Nicole M Iverson²⁷, Anand Jagota²⁸, Dawid Janas²⁹, Junichiro Kono^{6

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31}, Sebastian Kruss³², Markita P Landry³³, Yan Li³⁴, Richard Martel³⁵, Shigeo Maruyama³⁶, Anton V Naumov³⁷, Maurizio Prato^{38

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40}, Susan J Quinn⁴¹, Daniel Roxbury⁴², Michael S Strano⁴³, James M Tour^{5

6}, R Bruce Weisman⁵, Wim Wenseleers¹⁹, Masako Yudasaka⁴⁴

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. hellerd@mskcc.org.
² Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. hellerd@mskcc.org.
³ Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁶ Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁷ Nanomedicine Lab, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁸ Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
¹⁰ Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
¹¹ Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
¹² Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
¹³ Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
¹⁷ CNRS, UPR3572, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, University of Strasbourg, ISIS, Strasbourg, France.
¹⁸ Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹⁹ Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
²⁰ Laboratoire Photonique Numérique et Nanosciences, University of Bordeaux, Talence, France.
²¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
²² Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
²³ School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
²⁴ Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
²⁵ Nanoscience Department, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
²⁶ Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
²⁷ Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
²⁸ Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
²⁹ Department of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.
³⁰ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
³¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
³² Department of Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³³ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
³⁴ College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
³⁵ Département de chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
³⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
³⁷ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
³⁸ Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
³⁹ Carbon Bionanotechnology Lab, CIC biomaGUNE, San Sebastián, Spain.
⁴⁰ Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
⁴¹ School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴² Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
⁴³ Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁴⁴ Nanomaterials Research Institute, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.

PMID: 32157238
PMCID: PMC10461884
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-020-0656-y

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Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation

Daniel A Heller et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;15(3):164-166.

doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0656-y.

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Affiliations

¹ Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. hellerd@mskcc.org.
² Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. hellerd@mskcc.org.
³ Molecular Pharmacology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁶ Department of Materials Science and Nanoengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁷ Nanomedicine Lab, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁸ Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Barcelona, Spain.
⁹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
¹⁰ Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
¹¹ Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
¹² Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
¹³ Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
¹⁷ CNRS, UPR3572, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, University of Strasbourg, ISIS, Strasbourg, France.
¹⁸ Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
¹⁹ Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
²⁰ Laboratoire Photonique Numérique et Nanosciences, University of Bordeaux, Talence, France.
²¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
²² Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
²³ School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
²⁴ Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
²⁵ Nanoscience Department, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
²⁶ Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
²⁷ Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
²⁸ Department of Bioengineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
²⁹ Department of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.
³⁰ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
³¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
³² Department of Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³³ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
³⁴ College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
³⁵ Département de chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
³⁶ Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
³⁷ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
³⁸ Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
³⁹ Carbon Bionanotechnology Lab, CIC biomaGUNE, San Sebastián, Spain.
⁴⁰ Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
⁴¹ School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴² Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.
⁴³ Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁴⁴ Nanomaterials Research Institute, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.

PMID: 32157238
PMCID: PMC10461884
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-020-0656-y

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SIN List criticism based on misunderstandings.
Hansen SF, Lennquist A. Hansen SF, et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Jun;15(6):418. doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0692-7. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020. PMID: 32367077 No abstract available.

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Carbon nanotubes added to the SIN List as a nanomaterial of Very High Concern.
Hansen SF, Lennquist A. Hansen SF, et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Jan;15(1):3-4. doi: 10.1038/s41565-019-0613-9. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020. PMID: 31925393 No abstract available.

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