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TL;DR: Low cytotoxicity, good biocompatibility, low cost and large number of functional amine end groups, which makes them easy to tailor for end-user purposes, siloxane-capped ZnO QDs offer a high potential as fluorescent probes and as biosensors.

TL;DR: Uptake of the custom-designed nanotubes was not associated with detectable biochemical perturbations in cultured cells, but transfection of cells with DWNTs loaded with siRNA loaded with green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene led to a significant gene silencing effect, and in the latter case a resulting apoptotic effect in cancer cells.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that chloroquine-loading increases the ability of polyethyleneimine-coated DWCNTs to deliver functional nucleic acid to human cells, which supports the potential applications of this methodology in gene therapy.

TL;DR: Topographical images showed that functionalized DW NTs are better separated and less aggregated than pristine DWNTs and that the different coating methods differ in their abilities to successfully debundle and disperse DWNTS.