Interaction of fine particles and nanoparticles with red blood cells visualized with advanced microscopic techniques

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4353-4359

  Rothen Rutishauser, Barbara M ^a   Schürch, Samuel ^b   Haenni, Beat ^a   Kapp, Nadine ^c   Gehr, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN-MYOSIN SYSTEM; ENERGY FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; RED BLOOD CELLS;

BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLOOD; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE MOTION;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ERYTHROCYTES; GOLD; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 33746191803     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0522635     Document Type: Article

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