About the Authors
- Nikos D. Koromilas
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Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Rio-Patras, Greece
- Georgia Ch. Lainioti
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Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Rio-Patras, Greece
- Chrisostomi Gialeli
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Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Rio-Patras, Greece
- Despoina Barbouri
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Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Rio-Patras, Greece
- Katerina B. Kouravelou
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Affiliation Nanothinx S.A., Rio-Patras, Greece
- Nikos K. Karamanos
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* E-mail: j.kallitsis@upatras.gr (JKK); n.k.karamanos@upatras.gr (NKK)
Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Rio-Patras, Greece
- George A. Voyiatzis
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Affiliation Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Rio-Patras, Greece
- Joannis K. Kallitsis
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* E-mail: j.kallitsis@upatras.gr (JKK); n.k.karamanos@upatras.gr (NKK)
Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Rio-Patras, Greece
Competing Interests
One of the authors (GAV) is employed by a commercial company, Nanothinx S.A, this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: N. Karamanos GAV JKK. Analyzed the data: GCL CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KBK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GCL CG. Performed the experiments concerning the functionalization of carbon nanotubes and the synthesis of hybrid nanomaterials: N. Koromilas. Performed the experiments concerning the toxicological assessment of CNTs: CG DB.