Abstract
A safer by design approach is demonstrated for the synthesis and integration of silver nanowires into commercial devices.
Highlights
Though many important advances have been realized in this field, some key points remain to be tackled, in particular, toxicity issues for safe industrial use
The fabrication of AgNW size standards would allow toxicological studies to be performed on definite species, in particular to determine whether the two main dimensions play a critical role in toxicity
We investigated the basic responses of murine macrophages in the presence of AgNWs
Summary
Though many important advances have been realized in this field, some key points remain to be tackled, in particular, toxicity issues for safe industrial use. The fabrication of AgNW size standards would allow toxicological studies to be performed on definite species, in particular to determine whether the two main dimensions (i.e. diameter and length) play a critical role in toxicity. This is of tremendous importance since AgNWs will increasingly be introduced in technological devices and consumer products, and data are awaited to assess the real toxicity of these nanomaterials. Several reports have begun to tackle this topic,[20–26] much more remains to be done
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