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Summary of the factors affecting CNT toxicity. The figure illustrates with examples the many factors that have been shown to mediate CNT toxicity, including impurities, functionalisation, shape, and size. Although there is no consensus on the exact effect of all of these factors on CNT toxicity, building a picture of such factors will assist future design of safer CNTs.
