Conclusions
The toxicity of nanomaterials on
RBCs is a result of a combination of shape
and composition
The effect of shape is based on the
degrees of free rotation. Damage caused to
the red blood cell is likely to increase
when introduced to nanomaterials which
have greater degrees of freedom like
nanorods, nanotubes or even asterisk and
star shaped nanoparticles. The effects of
composition are based on the affinity for
the nanomaterial to itself and to the red
blood cells. The greater the nanomaterial
affinity to agglomerate to itself without
precipitating out of the solution, the more
hemolytic activity will be detected.
Further Experimentation
Reversing the factors of composition and
shape in the metal oxide particles (i.e. ZnO
nanoparticles and Fe2O3nanorods) should,
by the hypothesis which has so far been